SPCU Butterfly Strategy
SPCU (Tidal Trust II - Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SPCX ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
It has adopted a policy to have at least 80% exposure to financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform 2X the daily performance of the Underlying Security’s shares. The fund is non-diversified.
SPCU (Tidal Trust II - Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SPCX ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $51.1M, a beta of 0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 7.07-37.35, average daily share volume of 2.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how SPCU etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.00 indicates SPCU 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 SPCU?
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.
SPCU snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $13.07, ATM IV 87.50%, expected move 25.09%. The butterfly on SPCU 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 SPCU specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for SPCU is inferred from ATM IV at 87.50% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 25.09% (roughly $3.28 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 SPCU expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SPCU should anchor to the underlying notional of $13.07 per share and to the trader's directional view on SPCU etf.
SPCU butterfly setup
The SPCU 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 SPCU at $13.07 on that close, the first option leg uses a $12.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SPCU 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 SPCU shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $12.00 | $1.43 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $13.00 | $0.85 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $14.00 | $0.55 |
SPCU butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$27.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $71.57
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$27.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $12.28, $13.73
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.602
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.
SPCU butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on SPCU. 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% | -$27.50 |
| $2.90 | -77.8% | -$27.50 |
| $5.79 | -55.7% | -$27.50 |
| $8.68 | -33.6% | -$27.50 |
| $11.56 | -11.5% | -$27.50 |
| $14.45 | +10.6% | -$27.50 |
| $17.34 | +32.7% | -$27.50 |
| $20.23 | +54.8% | -$27.50 |
| $23.12 | +76.9% | -$27.50 |
| $26.01 | +99.0% | -$27.50 |
When traders use butterfly on SPCU
Butterflies on SPCU are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect SPCU 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.
SPCU thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SPCU extends from approximately $9.79 on the downside to $16.35 on the upside. A SPCU long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if SPCU 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, SPCU options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SPCU-specific events.
SPCU 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. SPCU positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move SPCU alongside the broader basket even when SPCU-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current SPCU chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on SPCU?
- A butterfly on SPCU is the butterfly strategy applied to SPCU (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 SPCU etf at $13.07 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SPCU chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are SPCU 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 SPCU butterfly priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 87.50%), the computed maximum profit is $71.57 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$27.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a SPCU butterfly?
- The breakeven for the SPCU butterfly priced on this page is roughly $12.28 and $13.73 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 SPCU market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 25.09%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on SPCU?
- Butterflies on SPCU are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect SPCU 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 SPCU implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current SPCU ATM IV is 87.50%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.