NXT Butterfly Strategy
NXT (Nextpower Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Consumer Electronics industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Nextracker Inc., an energy solutions company, provides solar tracker solutions for PV projects. The company offers solar trackers, such as Bifacial PV modules for large-scale solar; NX Horizon for solar power plants; NX Gemini two-in-portrait solar tracker that optimizes lifetime value and performance of power plants for project developers and asset owners; and NX Horizon XTR, an all-terrain solar tracker. It also provides TrueCapture, an intelligent and self-adjusting tracker control system for PV power plants; and NX Navigator, an operational control and risk mitigation software. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Fremont, California. Nextracker Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Flex Ltd.
NXT (Nextpower Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Consumer Electronics, with a market capitalization of approximately $20.25B, a trailing P/E of 34.56, a beta of 1.60 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 51.69-156.78, average daily share volume of 1.9M, a public-listing history dating back to 2023, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NXT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.60 indicates NXT 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 NXT?
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 NXT snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $145.08, ATM IV 75.80%, IV rank 24.34%, expected move 21.73%. The butterfly on NXT 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 NXT specifically: NXT IV at 75.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a NXT butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 21.73% (roughly $31.53 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 NXT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NXT should anchor to the underlying notional of $145.08 per share and to the trader's directional view on NXT stock.
NXT butterfly setup
The NXT 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 NXT near $145.08, the first option leg uses a $140.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NXT 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 NXT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $140.00 | $16.35 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $145.00 | $13.95 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $150.00 | $11.55 |
NXT butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$0.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $435.60
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$0.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $139.98, $150.19
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 383,156,043,988,482.300
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.
NXT butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on NXT. 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% | -$0.00 |
| $32.09 | -77.9% | -$0.00 |
| $64.16 | -55.8% | -$0.00 |
| $96.24 | -33.7% | -$0.00 |
| $128.32 | -11.6% | -$0.00 |
| $160.39 | +10.6% | -$0.00 |
| $192.47 | +32.7% | -$0.00 |
| $224.55 | +54.8% | -$0.00 |
| $256.63 | +76.9% | -$0.00 |
| $288.70 | +99.0% | -$0.00 |
When traders use butterfly on NXT
Butterflies on NXT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NXT 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.
NXT thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NXT extends from approximately $113.55 on the downside to $176.61 on the upside. A NXT long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if NXT settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current NXT IV rank near 24.34% 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 NXT at 75.80%. As a Technology name, NXT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NXT-specific events.
NXT 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. NXT positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NXT alongside the broader basket even when NXT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NXT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on NXT?
- A butterfly on NXT is the butterfly strategy applied to NXT (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 NXT stock trading near $145.08, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NXT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NXT 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 NXT butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 75.80%), the computed maximum profit is $435.60 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$0.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NXT butterfly?
- The breakeven for the NXT butterfly priced on this page is roughly $139.98 and $150.19 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 NXT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.73%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on NXT?
- Butterflies on NXT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect NXT 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 NXT implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- NXT ATM IV is at 75.80% with IV rank near 24.34%, 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.