OUSA Butterfly Strategy
OUSA (ALPS Funds O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The ALPS | O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA) seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of the O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend Index (OUSAX).
OUSA (ALPS Funds O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $750.2M, a beta of 0.71 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 52.25-59.85, average daily share volume of 27K, a public-listing history dating back to 2015. These structural characteristics shape how OUSA etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.71 places OUSA roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. OUSA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on OUSA?
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 OUSA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $57.80, ATM IV 17.60%, IV rank 25.82%, expected move 5.05%. The butterfly on OUSA 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 OUSA specifically: OUSA IV at 17.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a OUSA butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.05% (roughly $2.92 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 OUSA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OUSA should anchor to the underlying notional of $57.80 per share and to the trader's directional view on OUSA etf.
OUSA butterfly setup
The OUSA 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 OUSA near $57.80, the first option leg uses a $54.91 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OUSA 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 OUSA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $54.91 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $57.80 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $60.69 | N/A |
OUSA butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
OUSA butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on OUSA. 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.
When traders use butterfly on OUSA
Butterflies on OUSA are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect OUSA 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.
OUSA thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OUSA extends from approximately $54.88 on the downside to $60.72 on the upside. A OUSA long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if OUSA settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current OUSA IV rank near 25.82% 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 OUSA at 17.60%. As a Financial Services name, OUSA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OUSA-specific events.
OUSA 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. OUSA positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OUSA alongside the broader basket even when OUSA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current OUSA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on OUSA?
- A butterfly on OUSA is the butterfly strategy applied to OUSA (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 OUSA etf trading near $57.80, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OUSA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OUSA 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 OUSA butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 17.60%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a OUSA butterfly?
- The breakeven for the OUSA butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 OUSA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.05%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on OUSA?
- Butterflies on OUSA are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect OUSA 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 OUSA implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- OUSA ATM IV is at 17.60% with IV rank near 25.82%, 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.