PLXS Butterfly Strategy
PLXS (Plexus Corp.), in the Technology sector, (Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Plexus Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic manufacturing services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It offers design and development, supply chain, new product introduction, and manufacturing solutions, as well as aftermarket services to companies in the healthcare/life sciences, industrial/commercial, aerospace/defense, and communications market sectors. Plexus Corp. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin.
PLXS (Plexus Corp.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Hardware, Equipment & Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.01B, a trailing P/E of 37.38, a beta of 0.88 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 115.35-275.83, average daily share volume of 344K, a public-listing history dating back to 1986, approximately 20K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PLXS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.88 places PLXS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 37.38 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.
What is a butterfly on PLXS?
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 PLXS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $258.13, ATM IV 43.40%, IV rank 60.01%, expected move 12.44%. The butterfly on PLXS 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 PLXS specifically: PLXS IV at 43.40% 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 12.44% (roughly $32.12 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 PLXS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PLXS should anchor to the underlying notional of $258.13 per share and to the trader's directional view on PLXS stock.
PLXS butterfly setup
The PLXS 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 PLXS near $258.13, the first option leg uses a $250.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PLXS 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 PLXS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $250.00 | $18.50 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $260.00 | $13.10 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $270.00 | $8.25 |
PLXS butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$55.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $888.21
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$55.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $249.92, $269.45
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 16.149
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.
PLXS butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on PLXS. 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% | -$55.00 |
| $57.08 | -77.9% | -$55.00 |
| $114.16 | -55.8% | -$55.00 |
| $171.23 | -33.7% | -$55.00 |
| $228.30 | -11.6% | -$55.00 |
| $285.37 | +10.6% | -$55.00 |
| $342.45 | +32.7% | -$55.00 |
| $399.52 | +54.8% | -$55.00 |
| $456.59 | +76.9% | -$55.00 |
| $513.67 | +99.0% | -$55.00 |
When traders use butterfly on PLXS
Butterflies on PLXS are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect PLXS 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.
PLXS thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PLXS extends from approximately $226.01 on the downside to $290.25 on the upside. A PLXS long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if PLXS settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current PLXS IV rank near 60.01% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on PLXS should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, PLXS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PLXS-specific events.
PLXS 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. PLXS positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PLXS alongside the broader basket even when PLXS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current PLXS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on PLXS?
- A butterfly on PLXS is the butterfly strategy applied to PLXS (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 PLXS stock trading near $258.13, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PLXS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PLXS 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 PLXS butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 43.40%), the computed maximum profit is $888.21 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$55.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a PLXS butterfly?
- The breakeven for the PLXS butterfly priced on this page is roughly $249.92 and $269.45 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 PLXS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 12.44%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on PLXS?
- Butterflies on PLXS are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect PLXS 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 PLXS implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- PLXS ATM IV is at 43.40% with IV rank near 60.01%, 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.