ANTX Butterfly Strategy
ANTX (AN2 Therapeutics, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
AN2 Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company currently in its clinical development phase, specializing in the creation of treatments for uncommon, long-term, and severe infectious conditions. A key focus of their pipeline is epetraborole, an investigational oral medication designed for once-daily administration to individuals battling chronic non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease. This enterprise was established in 2017 and operates from its headquarters situated in Menlo Park, California.
ANTX (AN2 Therapeutics, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $226.2M, a beta of -0.99 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1-7.19, average daily share volume of 298K, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 21 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ANTX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.99 indicates ANTX has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. ANTX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on ANTX?
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.
ANTX snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $6.05, ATM IV 361.70%, expected move 103.70%. The butterfly on ANTX below is built from the 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 ANTX specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for ANTX is inferred from ATM IV at 361.70% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 103.70% (roughly $6.27 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 ANTX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ANTX should anchor to the underlying notional of $6.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on ANTX stock.
ANTX butterfly setup
The ANTX 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 ANTX at $6.05 on that close, the first option leg uses a $5.75 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ANTX 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 ANTX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $5.75 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $6.05 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $6.35 | N/A |
ANTX 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.
ANTX butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on ANTX. 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 ANTX
Butterflies on ANTX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ANTX 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.
ANTX thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ANTX extends from approximately $-0.22 on the downside to $12.32 on the upside. A ANTX long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if ANTX settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. As a Healthcare name, ANTX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ANTX-specific events.
ANTX 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. ANTX positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ANTX alongside the broader basket even when ANTX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current ANTX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on ANTX?
- A butterfly on ANTX is the butterfly strategy applied to ANTX (stock). 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 ANTX stock at $6.05 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ANTX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ANTX 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 ANTX butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 361.70%), 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 ANTX butterfly?
- The breakeven for the ANTX butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the 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 ANTX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 103.70%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on ANTX?
- Butterflies on ANTX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ANTX 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 ANTX implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current ANTX ATM IV is 361.70%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.