NFGC Butterfly Strategy
NFGC (New Found Gold Corp.), in the Basic Materials sector, (Gold industry), listed on AMEX.
New Found Gold Corp., a mineral exploration company, engages in the identification, acquisition, and exploration of mineral properties in the Provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Ontario. The company primarily explores for gold deposit. It holds 100% interests in the Queensway project that includes 86 mineral licenses and 6,041 claims covering an area of 151,030 hectares of land located near Gander, Newfoundland; and the Lucky Strike project comprising 11,684 hectares located in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The company was formerly known as Palisade Resources Corp. and changed its name to New Found Gold Corp. in June 2017. New Found Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
NFGC (New Found Gold Corp.) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Gold, with a market capitalization of approximately $522.6M, a beta of 1.86 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.111-3.59, average daily share volume of 2.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2020, approximately 62 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NFGC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.86 indicates NFGC 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 NFGC?
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 NFGC snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.02, ATM IV 486.30%, IV rank 100.00%, expected move 139.42%. The butterfly on NFGC 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 NFGC specifically: NFGC IV at 486.30% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying NFGC butterfly relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 139.42% (roughly $2.82 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 NFGC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NFGC should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.02 per share and to the trader's directional view on NFGC stock.
NFGC butterfly setup
The NFGC 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 NFGC near $2.02, the first option leg uses a $1.92 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NFGC 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 NFGC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $1.92 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $2.02 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.12 | N/A |
NFGC 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.
NFGC butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on NFGC. 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 NFGC
Butterflies on NFGC are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NFGC 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.
NFGC thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NFGC extends from approximately $-0.80 on the downside to $4.84 on the upside. A NFGC long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if NFGC settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current NFGC IV rank near 100.00% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on NFGC at 486.30%. As a Basic Materials name, NFGC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NFGC-specific events.
NFGC 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. NFGC positions also carry Basic Materials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NFGC alongside the broader basket even when NFGC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NFGC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on NFGC?
- A butterfly on NFGC is the butterfly strategy applied to NFGC (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 NFGC stock trading near $2.02, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NFGC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NFGC 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 NFGC butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 486.30%), 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 NFGC butterfly?
- The breakeven for the NFGC 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 NFGC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 139.42%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on NFGC?
- Butterflies on NFGC are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NFGC 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 NFGC implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- NFGC ATM IV is at 486.30% with IV rank near 100.00%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.