How are VIRT 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 VIRT butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.30%), the computed maximum profit is $172.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$327.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a VIRT butterfly?

The breakeven for the VIRT butterfly priced on this page is roughly $53.28 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 VIRT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.97%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current VIRT implied volatility affect this butterfly?

VIRT ATM IV is at 31.30% with IV rank near 45.96%, 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.

VIRT Butterfly Strategy

VIRT (Virtu Financial, Inc.), in the Financial Services sector, (Financial - Capital Markets industry), listed on NYSE.

Virtu Financial, Inc., a financial services company, provides data, analytics, and connectivity products to clients worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Market Making and Execution Services. Its product suite includes offerings in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, and multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology. The company's solutions enable clients to trade on various venues across countries and in multiple asset classes, including global equities, ETFs, foreign exchange, futures, fixed income, cryptocurrencies, and other commodities. Its analytics platform provides a range of pre- and post-trade services, data products, and compliance tools for clients to invest, trade, and manage risk across markets. Virtu Financial, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

VIRT (Virtu Financial, Inc.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Financial - Capital Markets, with a market capitalization of approximately $11.34B, a trailing P/E of 8.37, a beta of 0.61 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 31.55-53.75, average daily share volume of 1.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 969 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how VIRT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.61 indicates VIRT has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 8.37 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. VIRT pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a butterfly on VIRT?

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 VIRT snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $54.43, ATM IV 31.30%, IV rank 45.96%, expected move 8.97%. The butterfly on VIRT 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 VIRT specifically: VIRT IV at 31.30% 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 8.97% (roughly $4.88 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 VIRT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on VIRT should anchor to the underlying notional of $54.43 per share and to the trader's directional view on VIRT stock.

VIRT butterfly setup

The VIRT 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 VIRT near $54.43, the first option leg uses a $50.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed VIRT 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 VIRT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$50.00	$5.15
Sell 2	Call	$55.00	$1.88
Buy 1	Call	$55.00	$1.88

VIRT butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$327.50
Max Profit (per contract): $172.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$327.50
Breakeven(s): $53.28
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.527

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.

VIRT butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on VIRT. 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%	-$327.50
$12.04	-77.9%	-$327.50
$24.08	-55.8%	-$327.50
$36.11	-33.7%	-$327.50
$48.14	-11.5%	-$327.50
$60.18	+10.6%	+$172.50
$72.21	+32.7%	+$172.50
$84.25	+54.8%	+$172.50
$96.28	+76.9%	+$172.50
$108.31	+99.0%	+$172.50

When traders use butterfly on VIRT

Butterflies on VIRT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect VIRT 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.

VIRT thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for VIRT extends from approximately $49.55 on the downside to $59.31 on the upside. A VIRT long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if VIRT settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current VIRT IV rank near 45.96% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on VIRT should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, VIRT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to VIRT-specific events.

VIRT 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. VIRT positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move VIRT alongside the broader basket even when VIRT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current VIRT chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on VIRT?: A butterfly on VIRT is the butterfly strategy applied to VIRT (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 VIRT stock trading near $54.43, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed VIRT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are VIRT 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 VIRT butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.30%), the computed maximum profit is $172.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$327.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a VIRT butterfly?: The breakeven for the VIRT butterfly priced on this page is roughly $53.28 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 VIRT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.97%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on VIRT?: Butterflies on VIRT are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect VIRT 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 VIRT implied volatility affect this butterfly?: VIRT ATM IV is at 31.30% with IV rank near 45.96%, 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.