How are FOXA 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 FOXA butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 40.50%), the computed maximum profit is $180.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$320.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a FOXA butterfly?

The breakeven for the FOXA butterfly priced on this page is roughly $51.80 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 FOXA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.61%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current FOXA implied volatility affect this butterfly?

FOXA ATM IV is at 40.50% with IV rank near 10.95%, 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.

FOXA Butterfly Strategy

FOXA (Fox Corporation), in the Communication Services sector, (Entertainment industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Fox Corporation (FOXA) is a prominent U.S.-based media entity, primarily engaged in the creation and distribution of news, sports, and entertainment content. Its operational framework is divided into three main segments: Cable Network Programming, Television, and a category for "Other, Corporate and Eliminations." The Cable Network Programming segment is dedicated to developing and licensing a broad spectrum of news, business news, and sports programming. This content is distributed predominantly within the U.S. via both traditional and digital multi-channel video providers (MVPDs), as well as various online platforms. This division includes well-known channels such as the national cable news outlet FOX News and the business news channel FOX Business. Sports enthusiasts are served by multi-sport networks like FS1 and FS2, niche offerings such as FOX Sports Racing (focused on motor sports), FOX Soccer Plus (for live soccer and rugby), and the Spanish-language FOX Deportes, alongside the Big Ten Network. Fox's Television division is responsible for acquiring, producing, marketing, and broadcasting various programs.

FOXA (Fox Corporation) trades in the Communication Services sector, specifically Entertainment, with a market capitalization of approximately $21.97B, a trailing P/E of 11.38, a beta of 0.52 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 48.34-76.39, average daily share volume of 4.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 2019, approximately 10K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FOXA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.52 indicates FOXA has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 11.38 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. FOXA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a butterfly on FOXA?

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 FOXA snapshot

As of June 30, 2026, spot at $52.23, ATM IV 40.50%, IV rank 10.95%, expected move 11.61%. The butterfly on FOXA 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 199-day expiry.

Why this butterfly structure on FOXA specifically: FOXA IV at 40.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FOXA butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.61% (roughly $6.06 on the underlying). The 199-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FOXA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FOXA should anchor to the underlying notional of $52.23 per share and to the trader's directional view on FOXA stock.

FOXA butterfly setup

The FOXA 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 FOXA near $52.23, the first option leg uses a $50.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FOXA chain at a 199-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 FOXA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$50.00	$7.10
Sell 2	Call	$50.00	$7.10
Buy 1	Call	$55.00	$5.30

FOXA butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$180.00
Max Profit (per contract): $180.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$320.00
Breakeven(s): $51.80
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.562

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.

FOXA butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on FOXA. 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%	+$180.00
$11.56	-77.9%	+$180.00
$23.10	-55.8%	+$180.00
$34.65	-33.7%	+$180.00
$46.20	-11.5%	+$180.00
$57.75	+10.6%	-$320.00
$69.29	+32.7%	-$320.00
$80.84	+54.8%	-$320.00
$92.39	+76.9%	-$320.00
$103.94	+99.0%	-$320.00

When traders use butterfly on FOXA

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

FOXA thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FOXA extends from approximately $46.17 on the downside to $58.29 on the upside. A FOXA long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if FOXA settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current FOXA IV rank near 10.95% 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 FOXA at 40.50%. As a Communication Services name, FOXA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FOXA-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on FOXA?: A butterfly on FOXA is the butterfly strategy applied to FOXA (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 FOXA stock trading near $52.23, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FOXA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are FOXA 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 FOXA butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 40.50%), the computed maximum profit is $180.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$320.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a FOXA butterfly?: The breakeven for the FOXA butterfly priced on this page is roughly $51.80 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 FOXA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.61%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on FOXA?: Butterflies on FOXA are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FOXA 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 FOXA implied volatility affect this butterfly?: FOXA ATM IV is at 40.50% with IV rank near 10.95%, 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.