LAUR Butterfly Strategy
LAUR (Laureate Education, Inc.), in the Consumer Defensive sector, (Education & Training Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. It provides its services in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in May 2004. Laureate Education, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
LAUR (Laureate Education, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically Education & Training Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.57B, a trailing P/E of 16.63, a beta of 0.46 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 21.16-37.91, average daily share volume of 1.9M, a public-listing history dating back to 2017, approximately 32K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LAUR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.46 indicates LAUR 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 LAUR?
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 LAUR snapshot
As of May 13, 2026, spot at $32.62, ATM IV 45.30%, IV rank 49.36%, expected move 12.99%. The butterfly on LAUR 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 36-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on LAUR specifically: LAUR IV at 45.30% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.99% (roughly $4.24 on the underlying). The 36-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated LAUR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LAUR should anchor to the underlying notional of $32.62 per share and to the trader's directional view on LAUR stock.
LAUR butterfly setup
The LAUR 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 LAUR near $32.62, the first option leg uses a $30.99 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LAUR chain at a 36-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 LAUR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $30.99 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $32.62 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $34.25 | N/A |
LAUR 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.
LAUR butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on LAUR. 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 LAUR
Butterflies on LAUR are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect LAUR 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.
LAUR thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LAUR extends from approximately $28.38 on the downside to $36.86 on the upside. A LAUR long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if LAUR settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current LAUR IV rank near 49.36% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on LAUR should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Defensive name, LAUR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LAUR-specific events.
LAUR 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. LAUR positions also carry Consumer Defensive sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LAUR alongside the broader basket even when LAUR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current LAUR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on LAUR?
- A butterfly on LAUR is the butterfly strategy applied to LAUR (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 LAUR stock trading near $32.62, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LAUR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are LAUR 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 LAUR butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 45.30%), 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 LAUR butterfly?
- The breakeven for the LAUR 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 LAUR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 12.99%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on LAUR?
- Butterflies on LAUR are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect LAUR 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 LAUR implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- LAUR ATM IV is at 45.30% with IV rank near 49.36%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.