PRCH Butterfly Strategy
PRCH (Porch Group, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Porch Group, Inc. operates a software platform in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Vertical Software and Insurance. The Vertical Software segment provides software and services to home services companies and gives early access to homebuyers and homeowners. It offers services to home services companies, such as home inspectors, consumers, such as homebuyers and homeowners, service providers, such as moving, insurance, warranty, and security companies, and TV/Internet providers. This segment operates through Floify, HireAHelper, ISN, iRoofing, Palm-Tech, Porch.com, Rynoh, and V12 brands. The Insurance segment offers property related insurance policies through our own risk-bearing carrier and independent agency as well as risk-bearing home warranty company.
PRCH (Porch Group, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.12B, a beta of 3.23 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.36-19.436, average daily share volume of 1.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2020, approximately 729 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PRCH stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 3.23 indicates PRCH 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 PRCH?
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 PRCH snapshot
As of May 14, 2026, spot at $10.46, ATM IV 72.00%, IV rank 11.13%, expected move 20.64%. The butterfly on PRCH 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 35-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on PRCH specifically: PRCH IV at 72.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a PRCH butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 20.64% (roughly $2.16 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 PRCH expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PRCH should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.46 per share and to the trader's directional view on PRCH stock.
PRCH butterfly setup
The PRCH 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 PRCH near $10.46, the first option leg uses a $9.94 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PRCH 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 PRCH shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $9.94 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $10.46 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $10.98 | N/A |
PRCH 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.
PRCH butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on PRCH. 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 PRCH
Butterflies on PRCH are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect PRCH 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.
PRCH thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PRCH extends from approximately $8.30 on the downside to $12.62 on the upside. A PRCH long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if PRCH settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current PRCH IV rank near 11.13% 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 PRCH at 72.00%. As a Technology name, PRCH options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PRCH-specific events.
PRCH 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. PRCH positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PRCH alongside the broader basket even when PRCH-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current PRCH chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on PRCH?
- A butterfly on PRCH is the butterfly strategy applied to PRCH (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 PRCH stock trading near $10.46, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PRCH chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PRCH 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 PRCH butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 72.00%), 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 PRCH butterfly?
- The breakeven for the PRCH 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 PRCH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 20.64%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on PRCH?
- Butterflies on PRCH are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect PRCH 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 PRCH implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- PRCH ATM IV is at 72.00% with IV rank near 11.13%, 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.