PGY Butterfly Strategy
PGY (Pagaya Technologies Ltd.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Infrastructure industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Pagaya Technologies Ltd. is a financial technology enterprise operating across Israel, the United States, and the Cayman Islands. The company specializes in developing and implementing its proprietary artificial intelligence systems and associated software platforms. These advanced solutions are designed to assist its diverse range of partners – including rapidly growing fintech companies, traditional financial institutions, auto finance providers, and brokers – in originating various loans and other financial assets. Founded in 2016, Pagaya Technologies Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
PGY (Pagaya Technologies Ltd.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Infrastructure, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.69B, a trailing P/E of 13.32, a beta of 5.37 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 10.4-44.99, average daily share volume of 3.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 493 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PGY stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 5.37 indicates PGY 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 PGY?
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.
PGY snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $21.54, ATM IV 62.10%, IV rank 0.00%, expected move 17.80%. The butterfly on PGY below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on PGY specifically: PGY IV at 62.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a PGY butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.80% (roughly $3.83 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated PGY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PGY should anchor to the underlying notional of $21.54 per share and to the trader's directional view on PGY stock.
PGY butterfly setup
The PGY butterfly below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With PGY at $21.54 on that close, the first option leg uses a $20.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PGY chain at a 35-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 PGY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $20.00 | $2.45 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $22.00 | $1.43 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $23.00 | $1.03 |
PGY butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$62.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $128.89
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$62.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $20.63
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.062
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.
PGY butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on PGY. 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% | -$62.50 |
| $4.77 | -77.8% | -$62.50 |
| $9.53 | -55.7% | -$62.50 |
| $14.29 | -33.6% | -$62.50 |
| $19.06 | -11.5% | -$62.50 |
| $23.82 | +10.6% | +$37.50 |
| $28.58 | +32.7% | +$37.50 |
| $33.34 | +54.8% | +$37.50 |
| $38.10 | +76.9% | +$37.50 |
| $42.86 | +99.0% | +$37.50 |
When traders use butterfly on PGY
Butterflies on PGY are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect PGY 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.
PGY thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PGY extends from approximately $17.71 on the downside to $25.37 on the upside. A PGY long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if PGY settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current PGY IV rank near 0.00% 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 PGY at 62.10%. As a Technology name, PGY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PGY-specific events.
PGY 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. PGY positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PGY alongside the broader basket even when PGY-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current PGY chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on PGY?
- A butterfly on PGY is the butterfly strategy applied to PGY (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 PGY stock at $21.54 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PGY chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PGY 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 PGY butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 62.10%), the computed maximum profit is $128.89 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$62.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a PGY butterfly?
- The breakeven for the PGY butterfly priced on this page is roughly $20.63 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The PGY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 17.80%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on PGY?
- Butterflies on PGY are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect PGY 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 PGY implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- PGY ATM IV is at 62.10% with IV rank near 0.00%, 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.