FLOC Butterfly Strategy
FLOC (Flowco Holdings Inc.), in the Energy sector, (Oil & Gas Equipment & Services industry), listed on NYSE.
Flowco Holdings Inc. functions as a parent company. Through its various subsidiary firms, it provides specialized expertise and solutions to the oil and natural gas sector, particularly focusing on improving operational output, aiding in well fluid extraction through artificial lift methods, and developing strategies to reduce methane emissions.
FLOC (Flowco Holdings Inc.) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.78B, a trailing P/E of 16.50, a beta of 0.93 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 14.03-28.26, average daily share volume of 652K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FLOC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.93 places FLOC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. FLOC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on FLOC?
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.
FLOC snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $18.07, ATM IV 89.40%, expected move 25.63%. The butterfly on FLOC below is built from the 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 FLOC specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for FLOC is inferred from ATM IV at 89.40% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 25.63% (roughly $4.63 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 FLOC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FLOC should anchor to the underlying notional of $18.07 per share and to the trader's directional view on FLOC stock.
FLOC butterfly setup
The FLOC 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 FLOC at $18.07 on that close, the first option leg uses a $17.17 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FLOC 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 FLOC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $17.17 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $18.07 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $18.97 | N/A |
FLOC 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.
FLOC butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on FLOC. 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 FLOC
Butterflies on FLOC are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FLOC 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.
FLOC thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FLOC extends from approximately $13.44 on the downside to $22.70 on the upside. A FLOC long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if FLOC settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. As a Energy name, FLOC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FLOC-specific events.
FLOC 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. FLOC positions also carry Energy sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FLOC alongside the broader basket even when FLOC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current FLOC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on FLOC?
- A butterfly on FLOC is the butterfly strategy applied to FLOC (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 FLOC stock at $18.07 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FLOC chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FLOC 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 FLOC butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 89.40%), 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 FLOC butterfly?
- The breakeven for the FLOC butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the 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 FLOC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 25.63%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on FLOC?
- Butterflies on FLOC are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FLOC 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 FLOC implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current FLOC ATM IV is 89.40%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.