NA Butterfly Strategy
NA (Nano Labs Ltd), in the Technology sector, (Semiconductors industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Nano Labs Ltd operates as a fabless integrated circuit design company and product solution provider in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company develops high throughput computing and high-performance computing chips. It also offers distributed computing and storage solutions, smart network interface cards, and vision computing chips, as well as distributed rendering technology. In addition, the company engages in the research and development of software. Its customers include enterprises and individual buyers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
NA (Nano Labs Ltd) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Semiconductors, with a market capitalization of approximately $173.7M, a beta of 2.83 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.58-31.48, average daily share volume of 116K, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 88 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.83 indicates NA has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a butterfly on NA?
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 NA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.54, ATM IV 138.60%, IV rank 31.25%, expected move 39.74%. The butterfly on NA 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 NA specifically: NA IV at 138.60% 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 39.74% (roughly $1.01 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 NA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NA should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.54 per share and to the trader's directional view on NA stock.
NA butterfly setup
The NA 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 NA near $2.54, the first option leg uses a $2.41 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NA 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 NA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.41 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $2.54 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.67 | N/A |
NA 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.
NA butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on NA. 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 NA
Butterflies on NA are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NA 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.
NA thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NA extends from approximately $1.53 on the downside to $3.55 on the upside. A NA long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if NA settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current NA IV rank near 31.25% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on NA should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, NA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NA-specific events.
NA 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. NA positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NA alongside the broader basket even when NA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on NA?
- A butterfly on NA is the butterfly strategy applied to NA (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 NA stock trading near $2.54, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NA 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 NA butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 138.60%), 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 NA butterfly?
- The breakeven for the NA 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 NA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 39.74%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on NA?
- Butterflies on NA are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NA 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 NA implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- NA ATM IV is at 138.60% with IV rank near 31.25%, 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.