How are GLXY 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 GLXY butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 86.02%), the computed maximum profit is $105.97 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$39.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a GLXY butterfly?

The breakeven for the GLXY butterfly priced on this page is roughly $28.90 and $31.11 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 GLXY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 24.66%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current GLXY implied volatility affect this butterfly?

GLXY ATM IV is at 86.02% with IV rank near 26.14%, 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.

GLXY Butterfly Strategy

GLXY (Galaxy Digital), in the Financial Services sector, (Financial - Capital Markets industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Galaxy Digital Inc. engages in the digital asset and blockchain businesses. It operates through three segments: Global Markets, Asset Management, and Digital Infrastructure Solutions. The company provides various financial products and services to individuals and institutions, such as digital asset trading, derivatives, structured products, financing, capital markets, and merger and acquisition services, digital asset spot and derivatives trading, and bespoke lending and structured products. It offers GalaxyOne, a unified technology platform for institutional investors; and financial and strategic advisory services for the digital assets, Web3, and the blockchain technology sector. In addition, the company provides Galaxy Asset Management, a platform that provides access to the digital asset ecosystem; bitcoin mining and validator services; and quantitative, arbitrage, and macro trading strategies. Further, it develops, operates, and invests in technology that powers the digital assets ecosystem, such as bitcoin mining and hosting services, network validator services, and enterprise-grade self-custody technology.

GLXY (Galaxy Digital) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Financial - Capital Markets, with a market capitalization of approximately $10.22B, a beta of 3.65 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 16.43-45.92, average daily share volume of 5.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2025, approximately 528 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how GLXY stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 3.65 indicates GLXY has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.

What is a butterfly on GLXY?

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 GLXY snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $29.80, ATM IV 86.02%, IV rank 26.14%, expected move 24.66%. The butterfly on GLXY 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 28-day expiry.

Why this butterfly structure on GLXY specifically: GLXY IV at 86.02% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a GLXY butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 24.66% (roughly $7.35 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated GLXY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GLXY should anchor to the underlying notional of $29.80 per share and to the trader's directional view on GLXY stock.

GLXY butterfly setup

The GLXY 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 GLXY near $29.80, the first option leg uses a $28.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GLXY chain at a 28-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 GLXY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$28.50	$3.75
Sell 2	Call	$30.00	$2.79
Buy 1	Call	$31.50	$2.23

GLXY butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$39.50
Max Profit (per contract): $105.97
Max Loss (per contract): -$39.50
Breakeven(s): $28.90, $31.11
Risk / Reward Ratio: 2.683

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.

GLXY butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on GLXY. 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%	-$39.50
$6.60	-77.9%	-$39.50
$13.19	-55.8%	-$39.50
$19.77	-33.6%	-$39.50
$26.36	-11.5%	-$39.50
$32.95	+10.6%	-$39.50
$39.54	+32.7%	-$39.50
$46.12	+54.8%	-$39.50
$52.71	+76.9%	-$39.50
$59.30	+99.0%	-$39.50

When traders use butterfly on GLXY

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

GLXY thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GLXY extends from approximately $22.45 on the downside to $37.15 on the upside. A GLXY long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if GLXY settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current GLXY IV rank near 26.14% 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 GLXY at 86.02%. As a Financial Services name, GLXY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GLXY-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on GLXY?: A butterfly on GLXY is the butterfly strategy applied to GLXY (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 GLXY stock trading near $29.80, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GLXY chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are GLXY 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 GLXY butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 86.02%), the computed maximum profit is $105.97 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$39.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a GLXY butterfly?: The breakeven for the GLXY butterfly priced on this page is roughly $28.90 and $31.11 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 GLXY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 24.66%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on GLXY?: Butterflies on GLXY are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect GLXY 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 GLXY implied volatility affect this butterfly?: GLXY ATM IV is at 86.02% with IV rank near 26.14%, 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.