How are DAN 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 DAN butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 50.20%), the computed maximum profit is $170.95 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$27.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a DAN butterfly?

The breakeven for the DAN butterfly priced on this page is roughly $29.28 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 DAN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 14.39%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current DAN implied volatility affect this butterfly?

DAN ATM IV is at 50.20% with IV rank near 3.54%, 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.

DAN Butterfly Strategy

DAN (Dana Incorporated), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Auto - Parts industry), listed on NYSE.

Dana Incorporated is a global provider of power transmission and energy management systems for vehicles and industrial machinery, operating across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia Pacific. The company organizes its business into four distinct segments. The Light Vehicle Drive Systems division offers components such as axles, driveshafts, e-axles, and transmissions, alongside electrodynamic and drivetrain parts. These products support various propulsion types—electric, hybrid, and internal combustion—for passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, and vans. The Commercial Vehicle Drive and Motion Systems segment focuses on heavy-duty applications, supplying axles, driveshafts, electric axles, and e-transmissions. It also provides electrodynamic and drivetrain components, electric vehicle integration services, and software solutions for medium and heavy trucks, buses, and specialized vehicles.

DAN (Dana Incorporated) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Auto - Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.71B, a beta of 1.99 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 17.74-39.56, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2008, approximately 27K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how DAN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.99 indicates DAN has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. DAN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a butterfly on DAN?

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.

DAN snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $30.55, ATM IV 50.20%, IV rank 3.54%, expected move 14.39%. The butterfly on DAN 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 DAN specifically: DAN IV at 50.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a DAN butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 14.39% (roughly $4.40 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 DAN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on DAN should anchor to the underlying notional of $30.55 per share and to the trader's directional view on DAN stock.

DAN butterfly setup

The DAN 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 DAN at $30.55 on that close, the first option leg uses a $29.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed DAN 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 DAN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$29.00	$2.30
Sell 2	Call	$31.00	$1.80
Buy 1	Call	$32.00	$1.58

DAN butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$27.50
Max Profit (per contract): $170.95
Max Loss (per contract): -$27.50
Breakeven(s): $29.28
Risk / Reward Ratio: 6.216

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.

DAN butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on DAN. 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%	-$27.50
$6.76	-77.9%	-$27.50
$13.52	-55.8%	-$27.50
$20.27	-33.6%	-$27.50
$27.02	-11.5%	-$27.50
$33.78	+10.6%	+$72.50
$40.53	+32.7%	+$72.50
$47.29	+54.8%	+$72.50
$54.04	+76.9%	+$72.50
$60.79	+99.0%	+$72.50

When traders use butterfly on DAN

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

DAN thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for DAN extends from approximately $26.15 on the downside to $34.95 on the upside. A DAN long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if DAN settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current DAN IV rank near 3.54% 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 DAN at 50.20%. As a Consumer Cyclical name, DAN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to DAN-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on DAN?: A butterfly on DAN is the butterfly strategy applied to DAN (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 DAN stock at $30.55 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed DAN chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are DAN 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 DAN butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 50.20%), the computed maximum profit is $170.95 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$27.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a DAN butterfly?: The breakeven for the DAN butterfly priced on this page is roughly $29.28 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 DAN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 14.39%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on DAN?: Butterflies on DAN are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect DAN 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 DAN implied volatility affect this butterfly?: DAN ATM IV is at 50.20% with IV rank near 3.54%, 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.