ETHB Butterfly Strategy
ETHB (iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
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ETHB (iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $110.5M, a beta of 0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.33-31.72, average daily share volume of 507K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how ETHB stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.00 indicates ETHB has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a butterfly on ETHB?
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 ETHB snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $28.58, ATM IV 58.30%, expected move 16.71%. The butterfly on ETHB 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 ETHB specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for ETHB is inferred from ATM IV at 58.30% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.71% (roughly $4.78 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 ETHB expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ETHB should anchor to the underlying notional of $28.58 per share and to the trader's directional view on ETHB stock.
ETHB butterfly setup
The ETHB 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 ETHB near $28.58, the first option leg uses a $27.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ETHB 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 ETHB shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $27.00 | $2.60 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $29.00 | $1.46 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $30.00 | $1.11 |
ETHB butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$79.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $119.42
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$79.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $27.79
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.512
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.
ETHB butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on ETHB. 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% | -$79.00 |
| $6.33 | -77.9% | -$79.00 |
| $12.65 | -55.8% | -$79.00 |
| $18.96 | -33.6% | -$79.00 |
| $25.28 | -11.5% | -$79.00 |
| $31.60 | +10.6% | +$21.00 |
| $37.92 | +32.7% | +$21.00 |
| $44.24 | +54.8% | +$21.00 |
| $50.55 | +76.9% | +$21.00 |
| $56.87 | +99.0% | +$21.00 |
When traders use butterfly on ETHB
Butterflies on ETHB are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ETHB 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.
ETHB thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ETHB extends from approximately $23.80 on the downside to $33.36 on the upside. A ETHB long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if ETHB settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. As a Financial Services name, ETHB options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ETHB-specific events.
ETHB 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. ETHB positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ETHB alongside the broader basket even when ETHB-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current ETHB chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on ETHB?
- A butterfly on ETHB is the butterfly strategy applied to ETHB (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 ETHB stock trading near $28.58, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ETHB chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ETHB 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 ETHB butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 58.30%), the computed maximum profit is $119.42 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$79.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a ETHB butterfly?
- The breakeven for the ETHB butterfly priced on this page is roughly $27.79 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 ETHB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.71%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on ETHB?
- Butterflies on ETHB are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ETHB 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 ETHB implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current ETHB ATM IV is 58.30%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.