RGTZ Butterfly Strategy
RGTZ (Daily Target 2X Short RGTZ ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on NASDAQ.
This ETF is designed to produce daily returns that are the exact opposite of, and twice the magnitude (or -200%) of, the day-to-day percentage change in the stock price of Rigetti Computing, Inc. (traded on Nasdaq under the ticker RGTI), before taking into account its operating costs. It's important to understand that this fund's investment objective is solely targeted at performance over a single trading day, and it is not intended to achieve these results for periods longer than that.
RGTZ (Daily Target 2X Short RGTZ ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $14.6M, a beta of -7.34 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 2.24-37.48, average daily share volume of 13.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how RGTZ etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -7.34 indicates RGTZ 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 RGTZ?
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.
RGTZ snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $2.69, ATM IV 164.00%, IV rank 33.33%, expected move 47.02%. The butterfly on RGTZ below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 7-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on RGTZ specifically: RGTZ IV at 164.00% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 47.02% (roughly $1.26 on the underlying). The 7-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated RGTZ expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on RGTZ should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.69 per share and to the trader's directional view on RGTZ etf.
RGTZ butterfly setup
The RGTZ butterfly below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With RGTZ at $2.69 on that close, the first option leg uses a $2.56 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed RGTZ chain at a 7-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 RGTZ shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.56 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $2.69 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.82 | N/A |
RGTZ 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.
RGTZ butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on RGTZ. 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 RGTZ
Butterflies on RGTZ are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect RGTZ 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.
RGTZ thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for RGTZ extends from approximately $1.43 on the downside to $3.95 on the upside. A RGTZ long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if RGTZ settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current RGTZ IV rank near 33.33% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on RGTZ should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, RGTZ options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to RGTZ-specific events.
RGTZ 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. RGTZ positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move RGTZ alongside the broader basket even when RGTZ-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current RGTZ chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on RGTZ?
- A butterfly on RGTZ is the butterfly strategy applied to RGTZ (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 RGTZ etf at $2.69 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed RGTZ chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are RGTZ 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 RGTZ butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 164.00%), 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 RGTZ butterfly?
- The breakeven for the RGTZ butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the August 14, 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 RGTZ market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 47.02%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on RGTZ?
- Butterflies on RGTZ are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect RGTZ 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 RGTZ implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- RGTZ ATM IV is at 164.00% with IV rank near 33.33%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.