CMBT Butterfly Strategy
CMBT (Cmb.Tech N.V.), in the Industrials sector, (Marine Shipping industry), listed on NYSE.
Cmb.Tech NV, engages in marine transportation business. The company operates through three division: Marine, H2 Infra, and H2 Industry. The Marine division owns and operates fleet of crude oil tankers, bulk carriers, container ships, chemical, offshore wind supply vessels, tugboats, and ferries. This division have 88 conventional fuel vessels and 64 vessels. The H2 Infra division develops and secures green molecule supplies; and produces and distributes green hydrogen and ammonia fuels. The H2 Industry division provides scalable dual-fuel industrial applications.
CMBT (Cmb.Tech N.V.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Marine Shipping, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.44B, a trailing P/E of 20.19, a beta of 0.12 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 7.78-15.57, average daily share volume of 1.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2000, approximately 3K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CMBT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.12 indicates CMBT has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. CMBT pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on CMBT?
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 CMBT snapshot
As of May 14, 2026, spot at $14.91, ATM IV 41.50%, IV rank 8.40%, expected move 11.90%. The butterfly on CMBT 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 35-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on CMBT specifically: CMBT IV at 41.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CMBT butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.90% (roughly $1.77 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 CMBT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CMBT should anchor to the underlying notional of $14.91 per share and to the trader's directional view on CMBT stock.
CMBT butterfly setup
The CMBT 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 CMBT near $14.91, the first option leg uses a $14.16 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CMBT 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 CMBT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $14.16 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $14.91 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $15.66 | N/A |
CMBT 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.
CMBT butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on CMBT. 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 CMBT
Butterflies on CMBT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CMBT 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.
CMBT thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CMBT extends from approximately $13.14 on the downside to $16.68 on the upside. A CMBT long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if CMBT settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current CMBT IV rank near 8.40% 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 CMBT at 41.50%. As a Industrials name, CMBT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CMBT-specific events.
CMBT 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. CMBT positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CMBT alongside the broader basket even when CMBT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CMBT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on CMBT?
- A butterfly on CMBT is the butterfly strategy applied to CMBT (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 CMBT stock trading near $14.91, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CMBT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CMBT 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 CMBT butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 41.50%), 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 CMBT butterfly?
- The breakeven for the CMBT 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 CMBT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.90%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on CMBT?
- Butterflies on CMBT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CMBT 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 CMBT implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- CMBT ATM IV is at 41.50% with IV rank near 8.40%, 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.