How are CPB 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 CPB butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 34.30%), the computed maximum profit is $75.14 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$70.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a CPB butterfly?

The breakeven for the CPB butterfly priced on this page is roughly $22.20 and $23.80 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 CPB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.83%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current CPB implied volatility affect this butterfly?

CPB ATM IV is at 34.30% with IV rank near 46.68%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.

CPB Butterfly Strategy

CPB (Campbell Soup Company), in the Consumer Defensive sector, (Packaged Foods industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Campbell Soup Company (CPB) is a leading international producer and marketer of a wide variety of food and beverage products. The enterprise conducts its business through two main operational divisions: Meals & Beverages and Snacks. The Meals & Beverages segment serves both retail and food service industries throughout the United States and Canada. Its extensive product range includes classic Campbell's condensed and ready-to-enjoy soups; Swanson brand broths and stocks; Pacific Foods' line of broths, soups, and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace brand Mexican sauces; Campbell's gravies, pasta dishes, beans, and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; Plum organic baby food and snacks; V8 juices and drinks; and Campbell's tomato juice. The Snacks division primarily targets the retail sector, with a significant presence in Latin America. This segment offers a diverse array of treats, such as Pepperidge Farm's selection of cookies, crackers, fresh bakery items, and frozen goods, including Milano cookies and Goldfish crackers.

CPB (Campbell Soup Company) trades in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically Packaged Foods, with a market capitalization of approximately $6.74B, a trailing P/E of 11.08, a beta of -0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.56-34.17, average daily share volume of 8.3M, a public-listing history dating back to 1954, approximately 14K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CPB stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of -0.00 indicates CPB has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 11.08 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. CPB pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a butterfly on CPB?

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.

CPB snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $23.16, ATM IV 34.30%, IV rank 46.68%, expected move 9.83%. The butterfly on CPB 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 28-day expiry.

Why this butterfly structure on CPB specifically: CPB IV at 34.30% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.83% (roughly $2.28 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CPB expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CPB should anchor to the underlying notional of $23.16 per share and to the trader's directional view on CPB stock.

CPB butterfly setup

The CPB 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 CPB at $23.16 on that close, the first option leg uses a $22.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CPB chain at a 28-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 CPB shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$22.00	$1.63
Sell 2	Call	$23.00	$0.93
Buy 1	Call	$24.50	$0.43

CPB butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$20.00
Max Profit (per contract): $75.14
Max Loss (per contract): -$70.00
Breakeven(s): $22.20, $23.80
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.073

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.

CPB butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on CPB. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$20.00
$5.13	-77.9%	-$20.00
$10.25	-55.7%	-$20.00
$15.37	-33.6%	-$20.00
$20.49	-11.5%	-$20.00
$25.61	+10.6%	-$70.00
$30.73	+32.7%	-$70.00
$35.85	+54.8%	-$70.00
$40.97	+76.9%	-$70.00
$46.09	+99.0%	-$70.00

When traders use butterfly on CPB

Butterflies on CPB are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CPB 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.

CPB thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CPB extends from approximately $20.88 on the downside to $25.44 on the upside. A CPB long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if CPB settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current CPB IV rank near 46.68% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on CPB should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Defensive name, CPB options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CPB-specific events.

CPB 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. CPB positions also carry Consumer Defensive sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CPB alongside the broader basket even when CPB-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CPB chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on CPB?: A butterfly on CPB is the butterfly strategy applied to CPB (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 CPB stock at $23.16 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CPB chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are CPB 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 CPB butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 34.30%), the computed maximum profit is $75.14 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$70.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a CPB butterfly?: The breakeven for the CPB butterfly priced on this page is roughly $22.20 and $23.80 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 CPB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.83%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on CPB?: Butterflies on CPB are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CPB 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 CPB implied volatility affect this butterfly?: CPB ATM IV is at 34.30% with IV rank near 46.68%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.