NUCL Butterfly Strategy
NUCL (Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp.), in the Energy sector, (Uranium industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp. operates as a mining and exploration company focused on mineral exploration and development in North America. The company is a nuclear energy company that combines domestic uranium exploration with proprietary Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. It also develops modular nuclear reactors to provide power for industrial and grid applications. The company was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
NUCL (Eagle Nuclear Energy Corp.) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Uranium, with a market capitalization of approximately $316.2M, a beta of 0.27 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 4.55-14.22, average daily share volume of 447K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026, approximately 2 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NUCL stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.27 indicates NUCL 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 NUCL?
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 NUCL snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $10.64, ATM IV 89.80%, expected move 25.74%. The butterfly on NUCL 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 NUCL specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for NUCL is inferred from ATM IV at 89.80% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 25.74% (roughly $2.74 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 NUCL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NUCL should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.64 per share and to the trader's directional view on NUCL stock.
NUCL butterfly setup
The NUCL 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 NUCL near $10.64, the first option leg uses a $10.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NUCL 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 NUCL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $10.00 | $1.00 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $11.00 | $0.58 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $11.00 | $0.58 |
NUCL butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$42.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $57.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$42.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $10.43
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.353
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.
NUCL butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on NUCL. 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 | -99.9% | -$42.50 |
| $2.36 | -77.8% | -$42.50 |
| $4.71 | -55.7% | -$42.50 |
| $7.06 | -33.6% | -$42.50 |
| $9.42 | -11.5% | -$42.50 |
| $11.77 | +10.6% | +$57.50 |
| $14.12 | +32.7% | +$57.50 |
| $16.47 | +54.8% | +$57.50 |
| $18.82 | +76.9% | +$57.50 |
| $21.17 | +99.0% | +$57.50 |
When traders use butterfly on NUCL
Butterflies on NUCL are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NUCL 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.
NUCL thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NUCL extends from approximately $7.90 on the downside to $13.38 on the upside. A NUCL long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if NUCL settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. As a Energy name, NUCL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NUCL-specific events.
NUCL 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. NUCL positions also carry Energy sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NUCL alongside the broader basket even when NUCL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NUCL chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on NUCL?
- A butterfly on NUCL is the butterfly strategy applied to NUCL (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 NUCL stock trading near $10.64, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NUCL chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NUCL 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 NUCL butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 89.80%), the computed maximum profit is $57.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$42.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NUCL butterfly?
- The breakeven for the NUCL butterfly priced on this page is roughly $10.43 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 NUCL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 25.74%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on NUCL?
- Butterflies on NUCL are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NUCL 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 NUCL implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- Current NUCL ATM IV is 89.80%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.