OMEX Butterfly Strategy
OMEX (Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Specialty Business Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., operating through its various subsidiaries, specializes in the worldwide identification, validation, and development of subsea resources. The company offers expert services to its clients, including specialized oceanic mineral prospecting, comprehensive project execution, and general marine support. Furthermore, they provide a range of consulting services such as resource evaluation, meticulous project planning, scientific research, and overall project management. The firm was established in 1986 and its principal corporate offices are situated in Tampa, Florida.
OMEX (Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Specialty Business Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $28.7M, a beta of -0.23 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.737-4.43, average daily share volume of 5.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 1999, approximately 11 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how OMEX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.23 indicates OMEX 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 OMEX?
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 OMEX snapshot
As of June 29, 2026, spot at $0.90, ATM IV 173.70%, IV rank 34.49%, expected move 49.80%. The butterfly on OMEX 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 18-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on OMEX specifically: OMEX IV at 173.70% 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 49.80% (roughly $0.45 on the underlying). The 18-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated OMEX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OMEX should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.90 per share and to the trader's directional view on OMEX stock.
OMEX butterfly setup
The OMEX 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 OMEX near $0.90, the first option leg uses a $0.86 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OMEX chain at a 18-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 OMEX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.86 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $0.90 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.95 | N/A |
OMEX 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.
OMEX butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on OMEX. 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 OMEX
Butterflies on OMEX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect OMEX 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.
OMEX thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OMEX extends from approximately $0.45 on the downside to $1.35 on the upside. A OMEX long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if OMEX settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current OMEX IV rank near 34.49% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on OMEX should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Industrials name, OMEX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OMEX-specific events.
OMEX 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. OMEX positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OMEX alongside the broader basket even when OMEX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current OMEX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on OMEX?
- A butterfly on OMEX is the butterfly strategy applied to OMEX (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 OMEX stock trading near $0.90, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OMEX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OMEX 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 OMEX butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 173.70%), 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 OMEX butterfly?
- The breakeven for the OMEX 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 OMEX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 49.80%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on OMEX?
- Butterflies on OMEX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect OMEX 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 OMEX implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- OMEX ATM IV is at 173.70% with IV rank near 34.49%, 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.