HR Butterfly Strategy
HR (Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Healthcare Facilities industry), listed on NYSE.
Healthcare Realty Trust operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), specializing in the acquisition, development, financing, and active management of income-generating real estate assets, predominantly serving outpatient healthcare providers throughout the United States. By September 30, 2020, its extensive portfolio comprised 211 properties located across 24 states, collectively spanning 15.5 million square feet and valued at approximately $5.5 billion. The company further provided comprehensive leasing and property management solutions for 11.9 million square feet nationwide.
HR (Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Healthcare Facilities, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.19B, a beta of 0.83 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.29-20.9, average daily share volume of 4.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 1993, approximately 550 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.83 places HR roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. HR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on HR?
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 HR snapshot
As of June 29, 2026, spot at $20.54, ATM IV 23.90%, IV rank 3.61%, expected move 6.85%. The butterfly on HR 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 18-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on HR specifically: HR IV at 23.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a HR butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.85% (roughly $1.41 on the underlying). The 18-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated HR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HR should anchor to the underlying notional of $20.54 per share and to the trader's directional view on HR stock.
HR butterfly setup
The HR 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 HR near $20.54, the first option leg uses a $19.51 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HR chain at a 18-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 HR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $19.51 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $20.54 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $21.57 | N/A |
HR 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.
HR butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on HR. 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 HR
Butterflies on HR are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect HR 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.
HR thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HR extends from approximately $19.13 on the downside to $21.95 on the upside. A HR long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if HR settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current HR IV rank near 3.61% 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 HR at 23.90%. As a Real Estate name, HR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HR-specific events.
HR 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. HR positions also carry Real Estate sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HR alongside the broader basket even when HR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current HR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on HR?
- A butterfly on HR is the butterfly strategy applied to HR (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 HR stock trading near $20.54, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HR 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 HR butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 23.90%), 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 HR butterfly?
- The breakeven for the HR 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 HR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.85%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on HR?
- Butterflies on HR are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect HR 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 HR implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- HR ATM IV is at 23.90% with IV rank near 3.61%, 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.