How are FLEX 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 FLEX butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 74.10%), the computed maximum profit is $614.17 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$350.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a FLEX butterfly?

The breakeven for the FLEX butterfly priced on this page is roughly $166.50 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 FLEX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.24%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current FLEX implied volatility affect this butterfly?

FLEX ATM IV is at 74.10% with IV rank near 73.93%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.

FLEX Butterfly Strategy

FLEX (Flex Ltd.), in the Technology sector, (Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Flex Ltd. is a global provider offering extensive design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain management solutions to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Its operations are structured into three primary segments: Flex Agility Solutions (FAS), Flex Reliability Solutions (FRS), and Nextracker. The company specializes in a range of cross-industry technologies, such as human-machine interfaces, Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, advanced power solutions, sensor fusion, and smart audio systems. A significant offering includes integrated solar tracker and software solutions tailored for utility-scale and ground-mounted distributed generation solar projects. Flex also delivers value-added design and engineering support, alongside comprehensive systems assembly and manufacturing services. These encompass enclosure fabrication, rigorous testing, and meticulous materials procurement and inventory management.

FLEX (Flex Ltd.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Hardware, Equipment & Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $53.75B, a trailing P/E of 62.35, a beta of 1.64 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 47.83-166.86, average daily share volume of 6.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 1994, approximately 148K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FLEX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.64 indicates FLEX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 62.35 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.

What is a butterfly on FLEX?

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 FLEX snapshot

As of June 30, 2026, spot at $162.08, ATM IV 74.10%, IV rank 73.93%, expected move 21.24%. The butterfly on FLEX 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 17-day expiry.

Why this butterfly structure on FLEX specifically: FLEX IV at 74.10% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying FLEX butterfly relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 21.24% (roughly $34.43 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FLEX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FLEX should anchor to the underlying notional of $162.08 per share and to the trader's directional view on FLEX stock.

FLEX butterfly setup

The FLEX 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 FLEX near $162.08, the first option leg uses a $155.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FLEX chain at a 17-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 FLEX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$155.00	$14.45
Sell 2	Call	$160.00	$11.50
Buy 1	Call	$170.00	$7.05

FLEX butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$150.00
Max Profit (per contract): $614.17
Max Loss (per contract): -$350.00
Breakeven(s): $166.50
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.755

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.

FLEX butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on FLEX. 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%	+$150.00
$35.85	-77.9%	+$150.00
$71.68	-55.8%	+$150.00
$107.52	-33.7%	+$150.00
$143.35	-11.6%	+$150.00
$179.19	+10.6%	-$350.00
$215.02	+32.7%	-$350.00
$250.86	+54.8%	-$350.00
$286.70	+76.9%	-$350.00
$322.53	+99.0%	-$350.00

When traders use butterfly on FLEX

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

FLEX thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FLEX extends from approximately $127.65 on the downside to $196.51 on the upside. A FLEX long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if FLEX settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current FLEX IV rank near 73.93% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on FLEX at 74.10%. As a Technology name, FLEX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FLEX-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on FLEX?: A butterfly on FLEX is the butterfly strategy applied to FLEX (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 FLEX stock trading near $162.08, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FLEX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are FLEX 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 FLEX butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 74.10%), the computed maximum profit is $614.17 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$350.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a FLEX butterfly?: The breakeven for the FLEX butterfly priced on this page is roughly $166.50 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 FLEX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.24%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on FLEX?: Butterflies on FLEX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FLEX 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 FLEX implied volatility affect this butterfly?: FLEX ATM IV is at 74.10% with IV rank near 73.93%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.