FOTO Butterfly Strategy
FOTO (Tuttle Capital Pure Play Photonics ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities and swaps referencing companies whose primary business operations are directly related to photonics.
FOTO (Tuttle Capital Pure Play Photonics ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $195.5M, a beta of 0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.94-27.86, average daily share volume of 825K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how FOTO stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.00 indicates FOTO 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 FOTO?
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.
FOTO snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $21.02, ATM IV 54.10%, expected move 15.51%. The butterfly on FOTO 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 FOTO specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for FOTO is inferred from ATM IV at 54.10% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.51% (roughly $3.26 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 FOTO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FOTO should anchor to the underlying notional of $21.02 per share and to the trader's directional view on FOTO stock.
FOTO butterfly setup
The FOTO 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 FOTO at $21.02 on that close, the first option leg uses a $20.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FOTO 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 FOTO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $20.00 | $2.10 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $21.00 | $1.80 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $22.00 | $1.15 |
FOTO butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$35.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $126.94
- Max Loss (per contract)
- $35.00
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 3.627
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.
FOTO butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on FOTO. 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% | +$35.00 |
| $4.66 | -77.8% | +$35.00 |
| $9.30 | -55.7% | +$35.00 |
| $13.95 | -33.6% | +$35.00 |
| $18.60 | -11.5% | +$35.00 |
| $23.24 | +10.6% | +$35.00 |
| $27.89 | +32.7% | +$35.00 |
| $32.54 | +54.8% | +$35.00 |
| $37.18 | +76.9% | +$35.00 |
| $41.83 | +99.0% | +$35.00 |
When traders use butterfly on FOTO
Butterflies on FOTO are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FOTO 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.
FOTO thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FOTO extends from approximately $17.76 on the downside to $24.28 on the upside. A FOTO long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if FOTO 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, FOTO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FOTO-specific events.
FOTO 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. FOTO positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FOTO alongside the broader basket even when FOTO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current FOTO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on FOTO?
- A butterfly on FOTO is the butterfly strategy applied to FOTO (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 FOTO stock at $21.02 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FOTO chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FOTO 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 FOTO butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.10%), the computed maximum profit is $126.94 per contract and the computed maximum loss is $35.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FOTO butterfly?
- The breakeven for the FOTO butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 FOTO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 15.51%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on FOTO?
- Butterflies on FOTO are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FOTO 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 FOTO implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current FOTO ATM IV is 54.10%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.