ASLE Butterfly Strategy
ASLE (AerSale Corporation), in the Industrials sector, (Airlines, Airports & Air Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
AerSale Corporation provides aftermarket commercial aircraft, engines, and its parts to passenger and cargo airlines, leasing companies, original equipment manufacturers, and government and defense contractors, as well as maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) service providers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Management Solutions and Technical Operations (TechOps). The Asset Management Solutions segment engages in the sale and lease of aircraft, engines, and airframes, as well as disassembly of these assets for component parts. The TechOps segment provides internal and third-party aviation services, including internally developed engineered solutions, heavy aircraft maintenance and modification, and component MRO, as well as end-of-life disassembly services. This segment also provides aircraft modifications, cargo and tanker conversions of aircraft, and aircraft storage; and MRO services for landing gear, thrust reversers, hydraulic systems, and other aircraft components. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
ASLE (AerSale Corporation) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Airlines, Airports & Air Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $306.2M, a trailing P/E of 25.79, a beta of 0.28 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.56-9.12, average daily share volume of 285K, a public-listing history dating back to 2019, approximately 636 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ASLE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.28 indicates ASLE 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 ASLE?
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.
Current ASLE snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $6.41, ATM IV 57.70%, IV rank 19.44%, expected move 16.54%. The butterfly on ASLE below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on ASLE specifically: ASLE IV at 57.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a ASLE butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.54% (roughly $1.06 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated ASLE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ASLE should anchor to the underlying notional of $6.41 per share and to the trader's directional view on ASLE stock.
ASLE butterfly setup
The ASLE 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 ASLE near $6.41, the first option leg uses a $6.09 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ASLE chain at a 34-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 ASLE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $6.09 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $6.41 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $6.73 | N/A |
ASLE 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.
ASLE butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on ASLE. 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 ASLE
Butterflies on ASLE are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ASLE 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.
ASLE thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ASLE extends from approximately $5.35 on the downside to $7.47 on the upside. A ASLE long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if ASLE settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current ASLE IV rank near 19.44% 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 ASLE at 57.70%. As a Industrials name, ASLE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ASLE-specific events.
ASLE 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. ASLE positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ASLE alongside the broader basket even when ASLE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current ASLE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on ASLE?
- A butterfly on ASLE is the butterfly strategy applied to ASLE (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 ASLE stock trading near $6.41, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ASLE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ASLE 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 ASLE butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 57.70%), 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 ASLE butterfly?
- The breakeven for the ASLE butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current ASLE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.54%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on ASLE?
- Butterflies on ASLE are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ASLE 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 ASLE implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- ASLE ATM IV is at 57.70% with IV rank near 19.44%, 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.