LITX Butterfly Strategy
LITX (Tradr 2X Long LITE Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (200%) the daily performance of the common shares of Lumentum Holdings, Inc. The Fund will maintain at least 80% exposure to financial instruments that provide two times leveraged exposure to the daily performance of LITE.
LITX (Tradr 2X Long LITE Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.0M, a beta of 1.11 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.2-126.86, average daily share volume of 5.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how LITX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.11 places LITX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a butterfly on LITX?
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.
LITX snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $33.40, ATM IV 161.40%, expected move 46.27%. The butterfly on LITX 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 35-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on LITX specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for LITX is inferred from ATM IV at 161.40% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 46.27% (roughly $15.45 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated LITX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LITX should anchor to the underlying notional of $33.40 per share and to the trader's directional view on LITX stock.
LITX butterfly setup
The LITX 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 LITX at $33.40 on that close, the first option leg uses a $31.67 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LITX chain at a 35-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 LITX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $31.67 | $7.10 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $33.33 | $6.60 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $35.00 | $5.90 |
LITX butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$20.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $176.72
- Max Loss (per contract)
- $19.00
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 9.301
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.
LITX butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on LITX. 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.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | +$20.00 |
| $7.39 | -77.9% | +$20.00 |
| $14.78 | -55.8% | +$20.00 |
| $22.16 | -33.6% | +$20.00 |
| $29.55 | -11.5% | +$20.00 |
| $36.93 | +10.6% | +$19.00 |
| $44.31 | +32.7% | +$19.00 |
| $51.70 | +54.8% | +$19.00 |
| $59.08 | +76.9% | +$19.00 |
| $66.46 | +99.0% | +$19.00 |
When traders use butterfly on LITX
Butterflies on LITX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect LITX 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.
LITX thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LITX extends from approximately $17.95 on the downside to $48.85 on the upside. A LITX long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if LITX settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. As a Financial Services name, LITX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LITX-specific events.
LITX 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. LITX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LITX alongside the broader basket even when LITX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current LITX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on LITX?
- A butterfly on LITX is the butterfly strategy applied to LITX (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 LITX stock at $33.40 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LITX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are LITX 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 LITX butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 161.40%), the computed maximum profit is $176.72 per contract and the computed maximum loss is $19.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a LITX butterfly?
- The breakeven for the LITX butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 LITX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 46.27%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on LITX?
- Butterflies on LITX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect LITX 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 LITX implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current LITX ATM IV is 161.40%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.