NPWR Butterfly Strategy
NPWR (NET Power Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Industrial - Machinery industry), listed on NYSE.
NET Power Inc. operates as a clean energy technology company. It invents, develops, and licenses clean power generation technology. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
NPWR (NET Power Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Industrial - Machinery, with a market capitalization of approximately $204.1M, a beta of 1.03 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.455-5.2, average daily share volume of 786K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 68 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NPWR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.03 places NPWR roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a butterfly on NPWR?
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 NPWR snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.16, ATM IV 71.10%, IV rank 10.72%, expected move 20.38%. The butterfly on NPWR 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 NPWR specifically: NPWR IV at 71.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a NPWR butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 20.38% (roughly $0.44 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 NPWR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NPWR should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.16 per share and to the trader's directional view on NPWR stock.
NPWR butterfly setup
The NPWR 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 NPWR near $2.16, the first option leg uses a $2.05 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NPWR 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 NPWR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.05 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $2.16 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.27 | N/A |
NPWR 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.
NPWR butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on NPWR. 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 NPWR
Butterflies on NPWR are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NPWR 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.
NPWR thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NPWR extends from approximately $1.72 on the downside to $2.60 on the upside. A NPWR long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if NPWR settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current NPWR IV rank near 10.72% 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 NPWR at 71.10%. As a Industrials name, NPWR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NPWR-specific events.
NPWR 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. NPWR positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NPWR alongside the broader basket even when NPWR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NPWR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on NPWR?
- A butterfly on NPWR is the butterfly strategy applied to NPWR (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 NPWR stock trading near $2.16, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NPWR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NPWR 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 NPWR butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 71.10%), 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 NPWR butterfly?
- The breakeven for the NPWR 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 NPWR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 20.38%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on NPWR?
- Butterflies on NPWR are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NPWR 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 NPWR implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- NPWR ATM IV is at 71.10% with IV rank near 10.72%, 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.