DPRO Butterfly Strategy
DPRO (Draganfly Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Aerospace & Defense industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Draganfly Inc. manufactures and sells commercial unmanned aerial vehicles worldwide. Its products include quadcopters, fixed wing aircrafts, ground based robots, and handheld controllers, as well as software used for tracking, live streaming, flight training, and data collection. The company also offers custom engineering and training, simulation consulting, and flight training services, as well as wireless video systems. It serves public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, security, and mapping and surveying markets. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.
DPRO (Draganfly Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Aerospace & Defense, with a market capitalization of approximately $119.3M, a beta of 2.51 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.63-14.4, average daily share volume of 1.9M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 51 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how DPRO stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.51 indicates DPRO has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a butterfly on DPRO?
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 DPRO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $5.34, ATM IV 100.00%, IV rank 22.42%, expected move 28.67%. The butterfly on DPRO 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 DPRO specifically: DPRO IV at 100.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a DPRO butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 28.67% (roughly $1.53 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 DPRO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on DPRO should anchor to the underlying notional of $5.34 per share and to the trader's directional view on DPRO stock.
DPRO butterfly setup
The DPRO 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 DPRO near $5.34, the first option leg uses a $5.07 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed DPRO 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 DPRO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $5.07 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $5.34 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $5.61 | N/A |
DPRO 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.
DPRO butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on DPRO. 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 DPRO
Butterflies on DPRO are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect DPRO 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.
DPRO thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for DPRO extends from approximately $3.81 on the downside to $6.87 on the upside. A DPRO long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if DPRO settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current DPRO IV rank near 22.42% 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 DPRO at 100.00%. As a Industrials name, DPRO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to DPRO-specific events.
DPRO 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. DPRO positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move DPRO alongside the broader basket even when DPRO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current DPRO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on DPRO?
- A butterfly on DPRO is the butterfly strategy applied to DPRO (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 DPRO stock trading near $5.34, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed DPRO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are DPRO 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 DPRO butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 100.00%), 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 DPRO butterfly?
- The breakeven for the DPRO 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 DPRO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 28.67%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on DPRO?
- Butterflies on DPRO are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect DPRO 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 DPRO implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- DPRO ATM IV is at 100.00% with IV rank near 22.42%, 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.