WCLD Butterfly Strategy
WCLD (WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Under ordinary conditions, the fund allocates a minimum of 80% of its total capital (excluding collateral from securities lending activities) to either the securities that make up its underlying index or to investments exhibiting nearly identical economic characteristics. This index aims to track the performance of emerging public enterprises primarily focused on delivering cloud-based software and services to their customers. The fund maintains a non-diversified investment approach.
WCLD (WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $274.0M, a beta of 1.20 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 23.89-40.51, average daily share volume of 1.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2019. These structural characteristics shape how WCLD etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.20 places WCLD roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a butterfly on WCLD?
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.
WCLD snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $40.77, ATM IV 43.20%, IV rank 5.32%, expected move 12.39%. The butterfly on WCLD 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 35-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on WCLD specifically: WCLD IV at 43.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a WCLD butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.39% (roughly $5.05 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated WCLD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WCLD should anchor to the underlying notional of $40.77 per share and to the trader's directional view on WCLD etf.
WCLD butterfly setup
The WCLD 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 WCLD at $40.77 on that close, the first option leg uses a $39.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WCLD chain at a 35-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 WCLD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $39.00 | $3.43 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $41.00 | $2.13 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $43.00 | $1.28 |
WCLD butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$45.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $152.98
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$45.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $39.45, $42.55
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 3.400
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.
WCLD butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on WCLD. 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% | -$45.00 |
| $9.02 | -77.9% | -$45.00 |
| $18.04 | -55.8% | -$45.00 |
| $27.05 | -33.7% | -$45.00 |
| $36.06 | -11.5% | -$45.00 |
| $45.08 | +10.6% | -$45.00 |
| $54.09 | +32.7% | -$45.00 |
| $63.10 | +54.8% | -$45.00 |
| $72.12 | +76.9% | -$45.00 |
| $81.13 | +99.0% | -$45.00 |
When traders use butterfly on WCLD
Butterflies on WCLD are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect WCLD 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.
WCLD thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WCLD extends from approximately $35.72 on the downside to $45.82 on the upside. A WCLD long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if WCLD settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current WCLD IV rank near 5.32% 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 WCLD at 43.20%. As a Financial Services name, WCLD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WCLD-specific events.
WCLD 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. WCLD positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WCLD alongside the broader basket even when WCLD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current WCLD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on WCLD?
- A butterfly on WCLD is the butterfly strategy applied to WCLD (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 WCLD etf at $40.77 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WCLD chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are WCLD 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 WCLD butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 43.20%), the computed maximum profit is $152.98 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$45.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a WCLD butterfly?
- The breakeven for the WCLD butterfly priced on this page is roughly $39.45 and $42.55 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 WCLD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 12.39%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on WCLD?
- Butterflies on WCLD are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect WCLD 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 WCLD implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- WCLD ATM IV is at 43.20% with IV rank near 5.32%, 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.