RMTI Butterfly Strategy
RMTI (Rockwell Medical, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Rockwell Medical, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a biopharmaceutical company that targets end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease with therapies and products for the treatment of iron deficiency and hemodialysis in the United States and internationally. The company offers Triferic Dialysate and Triferic AVNU, an iron therapy that replaces iron and maintains hemoglobin in dialysis patients without increasing iron stores. It also manufactures, sells, delivers, and distributes hemodialysis concentrates, such as CitraPure citric acid concentrate, Dri-Sate dry acid concentrate, RenalPure liquid acid concentrate, dry acid concentrate mixer, and RenalPure and SteriLyte powder bicarbonate concentrate; and ancillary products, including blood tubing, fistula needles, dialyzers, drugs, specialized component kits, dressings, cleaning agents, filtration salts, and other supplies used by hemodialysis providers. The company's dialysis concentrate products are used to maintain human life by removing toxins and replacing critical nutrients in the dialysis patient's bloodstream. It is also developing other therapeutic product candidates for the treatment of hospitalized patients with acute heart failure; and home infusion therapy that allows patients to receive intravenous medications at home. Its target customers include medium and small sized dialysis chains and independent dialysis centers.
RMTI (Rockwell Medical, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic, with a market capitalization of approximately $31.6M, a beta of 1.66 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.74-2.1, average daily share volume of 263K, a public-listing history dating back to 1998, approximately 244 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how RMTI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.66 indicates RMTI 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 RMTI?
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 RMTI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $0.77, ATM IV 23.60%, IV rank 3.42%, expected move 6.77%. The butterfly on RMTI 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 RMTI specifically: RMTI IV at 23.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a RMTI butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.77% (roughly $0.05 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 RMTI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on RMTI should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.77 per share and to the trader's directional view on RMTI stock.
RMTI butterfly setup
The RMTI 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 RMTI near $0.77, the first option leg uses a $0.73 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed RMTI 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 RMTI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.73 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $0.77 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.81 | N/A |
RMTI 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.
RMTI butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on RMTI. 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 RMTI
Butterflies on RMTI are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect RMTI 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.
RMTI thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for RMTI extends from approximately $0.72 on the downside to $0.82 on the upside. A RMTI long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if RMTI settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current RMTI IV rank near 3.42% 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 RMTI at 23.60%. As a Healthcare name, RMTI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to RMTI-specific events.
RMTI 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. RMTI positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move RMTI alongside the broader basket even when RMTI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current RMTI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on RMTI?
- A butterfly on RMTI is the butterfly strategy applied to RMTI (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 RMTI stock trading near $0.77, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed RMTI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are RMTI 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 RMTI butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 23.60%), 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 RMTI butterfly?
- The breakeven for the RMTI 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 RMTI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.77%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on RMTI?
- Butterflies on RMTI are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect RMTI 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 RMTI implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- RMTI ATM IV is at 23.60% with IV rank near 3.42%, 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.