ITP Butterfly Strategy
ITP (IT Tech Packaging, Inc.), in the Basic Materials sector, (Paper, Lumber & Forest Products industry), listed on AMEX.
IT Tech Packaging, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of paper products in the People's Republic of China. The company offers corrugating medium papers to companies making corrugating cardboards; and offset printing papers to printing companies. It also provides tissue paper products, including toilet papers, boxed and soft-packed tissues, handkerchief tissues, and paper napkins, as well as bathroom and kitchen paper towels under the Dongfang Paper brand. In addition, the company produces and sells non-medical single-use face masks, and medical face masks. The company was formerly known as Orient Paper, Inc. and changed its name to IT Tech Packaging, Inc. in August 2018. IT Tech Packaging, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Baoding, the People's' Republic of China.
ITP (IT Tech Packaging, Inc.) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Paper, Lumber & Forest Products, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.3M, a beta of -0.25 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.16-0.39, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2007, approximately 383 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ITP stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.25 indicates ITP 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 ITP?
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 ITP snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $0.20, ATM IV 24.80%, IV rank 1.54%, expected move 7.11%. The butterfly on ITP 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 ITP specifically: ITP IV at 24.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a ITP butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.11% (roughly $0.01 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 ITP expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ITP should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on ITP stock.
ITP butterfly setup
The ITP 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 ITP near $0.20, the first option leg uses a $0.19 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ITP 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 ITP shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.19 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $0.20 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.21 | N/A |
ITP 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.
ITP butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on ITP. 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 ITP
Butterflies on ITP are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ITP 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.
ITP thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ITP extends from approximately $0.19 on the downside to $0.21 on the upside. A ITP long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if ITP settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current ITP IV rank near 1.54% 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 ITP at 24.80%. As a Basic Materials name, ITP options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ITP-specific events.
ITP 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. ITP positions also carry Basic Materials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ITP alongside the broader basket even when ITP-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current ITP chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on ITP?
- A butterfly on ITP is the butterfly strategy applied to ITP (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 ITP stock trading near $0.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ITP chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ITP 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 ITP butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 24.80%), 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 ITP butterfly?
- The breakeven for the ITP 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 ITP market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.11%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on ITP?
- Butterflies on ITP are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect ITP 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 ITP implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- ITP ATM IV is at 24.80% with IV rank near 1.54%, 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.