ECG Butterfly Strategy
ECG (Everus Construction Group, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Engineering & Construction industry), listed on NYSE.
Everus Construction Group, Inc. specializes in developing utility infrastructure. Their comprehensive service portfolio includes building electrical transmission lines and pipelines, alongside internal electrical wiring, cabling installations, and various mechanical solutions. Furthermore, the firm manufactures and distributes specialized equipment and electrical control panels. They are also responsible for the installation and ongoing maintenance of automatic fire suppression systems, particularly within the Las Vegas and Reno regions. This company was founded in 1995 and maintains its primary base of operations in Bismarck, North Dakota.
ECG (Everus Construction Group, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Engineering & Construction, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.20B, a trailing P/E of 28.31, a beta of 2.47 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 72.43-171.577, average daily share volume of 629K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024, approximately 9K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ECG stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.47 indicates ECG 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 ECG?
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.
ECG snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $141.08, ATM IV 55.00%, IV rank 19.72%, expected move 15.77%. The butterfly on ECG 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 ECG specifically: ECG IV at 55.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a ECG butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.77% (roughly $22.25 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 ECG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ECG should anchor to the underlying notional of $141.08 per share and to the trader's directional view on ECG stock.
ECG butterfly setup
The ECG 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 ECG at $141.08 on that close, the first option leg uses a $135.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ECG 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 ECG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $135.00 | $12.50 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $140.00 | $10.10 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $150.00 | $5.80 |
ECG butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$190.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $652.39
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$310.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $146.90
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.104
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.
ECG butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on ECG. 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.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | +$190.00 |
| $31.20 | -77.9% | +$190.00 |
| $62.39 | -55.8% | +$190.00 |
| $93.59 | -33.7% | +$190.00 |
| $124.78 | -11.6% | +$190.00 |
| $155.97 | +10.6% | -$310.00 |
| $187.16 | +32.7% | -$310.00 |
| $218.36 | +54.8% | -$310.00 |
| $249.55 | +76.9% | -$310.00 |
| $280.74 | +99.0% | -$310.00 |
When traders use butterfly on ECG
Butterflies on ECG are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ECG 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.
ECG thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ECG extends from approximately $118.83 on the downside to $163.33 on the upside. A ECG long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if ECG settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current ECG IV rank near 19.72% 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 ECG at 55.00%. As a Industrials name, ECG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ECG-specific events.
ECG 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. ECG positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ECG alongside the broader basket even when ECG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current ECG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on ECG?
- A butterfly on ECG is the butterfly strategy applied to ECG (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 ECG stock at $141.08 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ECG chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ECG 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 ECG butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 55.00%), the computed maximum profit is $652.39 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$310.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a ECG butterfly?
- The breakeven for the ECG butterfly priced on this page is roughly $146.90 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 ECG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 15.77%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on ECG?
- Butterflies on ECG are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ECG 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 ECG implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- ECG ATM IV is at 55.00% with IV rank near 19.72%, 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.