RAML Butterfly Strategy
RAML (Themes ETF Trust - Leverage Shares 2X Long Memory Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
RAML is designed to make bullish bets on the stock price of Roundhill Memory ETF (CBOE: DRAM) through swap agreements. The objective is to obtain daily leveraged exposure equivalent to 200% of the fund's net assets. To maintain this exposure, daily rebalancing is performed to make adjustments in response to DRAM's daily price movements. Depending on market conditions and operational constraints, the fund may also utilize a synthetic forward options strategy. As a geared product, the fund is intended as a short-term tactical tool rather than a long-term investment vehicle. As a result, returns may deviate from the expected 2x multiplier if held for longer than a single day due to compounding.
RAML (Themes ETF Trust - Leverage Shares 2X Long Memory Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $745,713, a beta of 0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 8.84-16, average daily share volume of 13K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how RAML etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.00 indicates RAML has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a butterfly on RAML?
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.
RAML snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $14.73, ATM IV 113.00%, expected move 32.40%. The butterfly on RAML below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 17-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on RAML specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for RAML is inferred from ATM IV at 113.00% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 32.40% (roughly $4.77 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated RAML expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on RAML should anchor to the underlying notional of $14.73 per share and to the trader's directional view on RAML etf.
RAML butterfly setup
The RAML butterfly below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With RAML at $14.73 on that close, the first option leg uses a $14.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed RAML chain at a 17-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 RAML shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $14.00 | $1.75 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $15.00 | $1.25 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $15.00 | $1.25 |
RAML butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$50.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $50.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$50.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $14.50
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.000
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.
RAML butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on RAML. 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 | -99.9% | -$50.00 |
| $3.27 | -77.8% | -$50.00 |
| $6.52 | -55.7% | -$50.00 |
| $9.78 | -33.6% | -$50.00 |
| $13.03 | -11.5% | -$50.00 |
| $16.29 | +10.6% | +$50.00 |
| $19.54 | +32.7% | +$50.00 |
| $22.80 | +54.8% | +$50.00 |
| $26.06 | +76.9% | +$50.00 |
| $29.31 | +99.0% | +$50.00 |
When traders use butterfly on RAML
Butterflies on RAML are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect RAML 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.
RAML thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for RAML extends from approximately $9.96 on the downside to $19.50 on the upside. A RAML long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if RAML settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. As a Financial Services name, RAML options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to RAML-specific events.
RAML 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. RAML positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move RAML alongside the broader basket even when RAML-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current RAML chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on RAML?
- A butterfly on RAML is the butterfly strategy applied to RAML (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 RAML etf at $14.73 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed RAML chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are RAML 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 RAML butterfly priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 113.00%), the computed maximum profit is $50.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$50.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a RAML butterfly?
- The breakeven for the RAML butterfly priced on this page is roughly $14.50 at expiration, derived from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The RAML market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 32.40%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on RAML?
- Butterflies on RAML are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect RAML 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 RAML implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current RAML ATM IV is 113.00%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.