How are HL 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 HL butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 61.31%), the computed maximum profit is $68.92 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$23.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a HL butterfly?

The breakeven for the HL butterfly priced on this page is roughly $17.73 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 HL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 17.58%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current HL implied volatility affect this butterfly?

HL ATM IV is at 61.31% with IV rank near 27.17%, 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.

HL Butterfly Strategy

HL (Hecla Mining Company), in the Basic Materials sector, (Other Precious Metals industry), listed on NYSE.

Hecla Mining Company, along with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, acquisition, development, and extraction of both precious and base metal resources across the United States and internationally. The company produces concentrates of silver, gold, lead, and zinc, as well as carbon material and doré, both of which contain silver and gold. These materials are then sold to custom smelters, metal traders, and third-party processors. Hecla holds full ownership stakes in several key mining operations: the Greens Creek mine in southeast Alaska's Admiralty Island; the Lucky Friday mine in northern Idaho; the Casa Berardi mine located in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec, Canada; and the San Sebastian mine in Durango, Mexico. Additionally, the company entirely owns the Fire Creek mine in Lander County, Nevada, and both the Hollister and Midas mines in Elko County, Nevada. Established in 1891, Hecla Mining Company's headquarters are located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

HL (Hecla Mining Company) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Other Precious Metals, with a market capitalization of approximately $12.14B, a trailing P/E of 36.37, a beta of 1.32 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 7.4-34.17, average daily share volume of 24.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HL stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.32 indicates HL has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 36.37 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple. HL pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a butterfly on HL?

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.

HL snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $18.30, ATM IV 61.31%, IV rank 27.17%, expected move 17.58%. The butterfly on HL 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 28-day expiry.

Why this butterfly structure on HL specifically: HL IV at 61.31% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a HL butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.58% (roughly $3.22 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 HL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HL should anchor to the underlying notional of $18.30 per share and to the trader's directional view on HL stock.

HL butterfly setup

The HL 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 HL at $18.30 on that close, the first option leg uses a $17.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HL 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 HL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$17.50	$1.73
Sell 2	Call	$18.50	$1.25
Buy 1	Call	$19.00	$1.00

HL butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$23.00
Max Profit (per contract): $68.92
Max Loss (per contract): -$23.00
Breakeven(s): $17.73
Risk / Reward Ratio: 2.997

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.

HL butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on HL. 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	-99.9%	-$23.00
$4.06	-77.8%	-$23.00
$8.10	-55.7%	-$23.00
$12.15	-33.6%	-$23.00
$16.19	-11.5%	-$23.00
$20.24	+10.6%	+$27.00
$24.28	+32.7%	+$27.00
$28.33	+54.8%	+$27.00
$32.37	+76.9%	+$27.00
$36.42	+99.0%	+$27.00

When traders use butterfly on HL

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

HL thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HL extends from approximately $15.08 on the downside to $21.52 on the upside. A HL long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if HL settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current HL IV rank near 27.17% 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 HL at 61.31%. As a Basic Materials name, HL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HL-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on HL?: A butterfly on HL is the butterfly strategy applied to HL (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 HL stock at $18.30 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HL chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are HL 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 HL butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 61.31%), the computed maximum profit is $68.92 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$23.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a HL butterfly?: The breakeven for the HL butterfly priced on this page is roughly $17.73 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 HL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 17.58%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on HL?: Butterflies on HL are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect HL 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 HL implied volatility affect this butterfly?: HL ATM IV is at 61.31% with IV rank near 27.17%, 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.