SVRA Butterfly Strategy
SVRA (Savara Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Savara Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on rare respiratory diseases. Its lead product candidate is molgramostim, an inhaled granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, which is in Phase III development stage for the treatment of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
SVRA (Savara Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.08B, a beta of 0.28 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.89-7.005, average daily share volume of 1.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 2017, approximately 59 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how SVRA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.28 indicates SVRA 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 SVRA?
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 SVRA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $5.10, ATM IV 126.10%, IV rank 23.97%, expected move 36.15%. The butterfly on SVRA 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 SVRA specifically: SVRA IV at 126.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a SVRA butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 36.15% (roughly $1.84 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 SVRA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SVRA should anchor to the underlying notional of $5.10 per share and to the trader's directional view on SVRA stock.
SVRA butterfly setup
The SVRA 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 SVRA near $5.10, the first option leg uses a $4.85 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SVRA 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 SVRA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $4.85 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $5.10 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $5.35 | N/A |
SVRA 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.
SVRA butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on SVRA. 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 SVRA
Butterflies on SVRA are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect SVRA 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.
SVRA thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SVRA extends from approximately $3.26 on the downside to $6.94 on the upside. A SVRA long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if SVRA settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current SVRA IV rank near 23.97% 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 SVRA at 126.10%. As a Healthcare name, SVRA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SVRA-specific events.
SVRA 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. SVRA positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move SVRA alongside the broader basket even when SVRA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current SVRA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on SVRA?
- A butterfly on SVRA is the butterfly strategy applied to SVRA (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 SVRA stock trading near $5.10, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SVRA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are SVRA 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 SVRA butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 126.10%), 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 SVRA butterfly?
- The breakeven for the SVRA 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 SVRA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 36.15%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on SVRA?
- Butterflies on SVRA are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect SVRA 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 SVRA implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- SVRA ATM IV is at 126.10% with IV rank near 23.97%, 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.