GLBS Butterfly Strategy
GLBS (Globus Maritime Limited), in the Industrials sector, (Marine Shipping industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Globus Maritime Limited, an integrated dry bulk shipping company, provides marine transportation services worldwide. It owns, operates, and manages a fleet of dry bulk vessels that transport iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, cement, alumina, and other dry bulk cargoes. As of March 31, 2022, the company's fleet included nine vessels with a total carrying capacity of 626,257 deadweight tonnage. It charters its vessels to operators, trading houses, shipping companies and producers, and government-owned entities. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Athens, Greece. Globus Maritime Limited is a subsidiary of Firment Trading Limited.
GLBS (Globus Maritime Limited) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Marine Shipping, with a market capitalization of approximately $44.2M, a beta of 0.36 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.99-2.44, average daily share volume of 90K, a public-listing history dating back to 2008, approximately 25 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how GLBS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.36 indicates GLBS 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 GLBS?
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 GLBS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.08, ATM IV 336.50%, IV rank 67.04%, expected move 96.47%. The butterfly on GLBS 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 GLBS specifically: GLBS IV at 336.50% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 96.47% (roughly $2.01 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 GLBS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GLBS should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.08 per share and to the trader's directional view on GLBS stock.
GLBS butterfly setup
The GLBS 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 GLBS near $2.08, the first option leg uses a $1.98 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GLBS 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 GLBS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $1.98 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $2.08 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.18 | N/A |
GLBS 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.
GLBS butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on GLBS. 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 GLBS
Butterflies on GLBS are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect GLBS 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.
GLBS thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GLBS extends from approximately $0.07 on the downside to $4.09 on the upside. A GLBS long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if GLBS settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current GLBS IV rank near 67.04% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on GLBS should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Industrials name, GLBS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GLBS-specific events.
GLBS 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. GLBS positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GLBS alongside the broader basket even when GLBS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current GLBS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on GLBS?
- A butterfly on GLBS is the butterfly strategy applied to GLBS (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 GLBS stock trading near $2.08, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GLBS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GLBS 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 GLBS butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 336.50%), 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 GLBS butterfly?
- The breakeven for the GLBS butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 GLBS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 96.47%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on GLBS?
- Butterflies on GLBS are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect GLBS 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 GLBS implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- GLBS ATM IV is at 336.50% with IV rank near 67.04%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.