HYFT Butterfly Strategy
HYFT (MindWalk Holdings Corp.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
MindWalk Holdings Corp. operates as a bio-native AI company. It focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence, multi-omics data, and advanced laboratory research to accelerate the discovery and development of biologics. The company, through its LensAI platform and HYFT technology, it partners with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to drive de-risk drug development and unlock therapeutic possibilities. The company was formerly known as ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. and changed its name to MindWalk Holdings Corp. in September 2025. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
HYFT (MindWalk Holdings Corp.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $58.9M, a beta of 0.65 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.466-3.246, average daily share volume of 316K, a public-listing history dating back to 2002, approximately 102 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HYFT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.65 indicates HYFT 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 HYFT?
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 HYFT snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $1.20, ATM IV 21.90%, IV rank 0.47%, expected move 6.28%. The butterfly on HYFT 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 HYFT specifically: HYFT IV at 21.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a HYFT butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.28% (roughly $0.08 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 HYFT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HYFT should anchor to the underlying notional of $1.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on HYFT stock.
HYFT butterfly setup
The HYFT 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 HYFT near $1.20, the first option leg uses a $1.14 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HYFT 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 HYFT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $1.14 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $1.20 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $1.26 | N/A |
HYFT 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.
HYFT butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on HYFT. 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 HYFT
Butterflies on HYFT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect HYFT 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.
HYFT thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HYFT extends from approximately $1.12 on the downside to $1.28 on the upside. A HYFT long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if HYFT settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current HYFT IV rank near 0.47% 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 HYFT at 21.90%. As a Healthcare name, HYFT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HYFT-specific events.
HYFT 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. HYFT positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HYFT alongside the broader basket even when HYFT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current HYFT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on HYFT?
- A butterfly on HYFT is the butterfly strategy applied to HYFT (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 HYFT stock trading near $1.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HYFT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HYFT 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 HYFT butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 21.90%), 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 HYFT butterfly?
- The breakeven for the HYFT 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 HYFT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.28%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on HYFT?
- Butterflies on HYFT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect HYFT 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 HYFT implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- HYFT ATM IV is at 21.90% with IV rank near 0.47%, 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.