NTSX Butterfly Strategy
NTSX (WisdomTree U.S. Efficient Core Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund is actively managed using a models-based approach. It seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in large-capitalization U.S. equity securities and U.S. Treasury futures contracts. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest approximately 90% of its net assets in U.S. equity securities. It is non-diversified.
NTSX (WisdomTree U.S. Efficient Core Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.34B, a beta of 1.04 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 46.34-58.67, average daily share volume of 51K, a public-listing history dating back to 2018. These structural characteristics shape how NTSX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.04 places NTSX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. NTSX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on NTSX?
A long call butterfly buys one lower-strike call, sells two ATM calls, and buys one higher-strike call, paying a small net debit for a defined-risk position that maxes out if the underlying pins the middle strike at expiration.
Current NTSX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $58.27, ATM IV 14.70%, IV rank 12.52%, expected move 4.21%. The butterfly on NTSX below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on NTSX specifically: NTSX IV at 14.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a NTSX butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 4.21% (roughly $2.46 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated NTSX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NTSX should anchor to the underlying notional of $58.27 per share and to the trader's directional view on NTSX etf.
NTSX butterfly setup
The NTSX butterfly below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With NTSX near $58.27, the first option leg uses a $55.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NTSX chain at a 34-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 NTSX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $55.00 | $3.73 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $58.00 | $1.59 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $61.00 | $0.46 |
NTSX butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$100.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $197.72
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$100.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $56.01, $60.00
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.967
Max profit equals the wing width minus net debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins the middle strike); max loss equals the net debit times 100. Two breakevens at lower-wing plus debit and upper-wing minus debit.
NTSX butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on NTSX. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$100.50 |
| $12.89 | -77.9% | -$100.50 |
| $25.78 | -55.8% | -$100.50 |
| $38.66 | -33.7% | -$100.50 |
| $51.54 | -11.5% | -$100.50 |
| $64.42 | +10.6% | -$100.50 |
| $77.31 | +32.7% | -$100.50 |
| $90.19 | +54.8% | -$100.50 |
| $103.07 | +76.9% | -$100.50 |
| $115.95 | +99.0% | -$100.50 |
When traders use butterfly on NTSX
Butterflies on NTSX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NTSX to settle near a specific level at expiration (often the prior close, a round number, or the max-pain strike) and want defined-risk exposure to that outcome.
NTSX thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NTSX extends from approximately $55.81 on the downside to $60.73 on the upside. A NTSX long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if NTSX settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current NTSX IV rank near 12.52% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on NTSX at 14.70%. As a Financial Services name, NTSX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NTSX-specific events.
NTSX butterfly positions are structurally neutral / pin (limited-risk, limited-reward); the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. NTSX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NTSX alongside the broader basket even when NTSX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NTSX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on NTSX?
- A butterfly on NTSX is the butterfly strategy applied to NTSX (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral / pin (limited-risk, limited-reward): A long call butterfly buys one lower-strike call, sells two ATM calls, and buys one higher-strike call, paying a small net debit for a defined-risk position that maxes out if the underlying pins the middle strike at expiration. With NTSX etf trading near $58.27, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NTSX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NTSX butterfly max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the wing width minus net debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins the middle strike); max loss equals the net debit times 100. Two breakevens at lower-wing plus debit and upper-wing minus debit. For the NTSX butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 14.70%), the computed maximum profit is $197.72 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$100.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NTSX butterfly?
- The breakeven for the NTSX butterfly priced on this page is roughly $56.01 and $60.00 at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current NTSX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 4.21%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on NTSX?
- Butterflies on NTSX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NTSX to settle near a specific level at expiration (often the prior close, a round number, or the max-pain strike) and want defined-risk exposure to that outcome.
- How does current NTSX implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- NTSX ATM IV is at 14.70% with IV rank near 12.52%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.