How are VISN 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 VISN butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.60%), the computed maximum profit is $53.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$47.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a VISN butterfly?

The breakeven for the VISN butterfly priced on this page is roughly $11.53 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The VISN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.06%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current VISN implied volatility affect this butterfly?

VISN ATM IV is at 31.60% with IV rank near 5.79%, 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.

VISN Butterfly Strategy

VISN (Vistance Networks, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Communication Equipment industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Vistance Networks, Inc. is a global provider of essential infrastructure systems, specializing in solutions for communications, data centers, and entertainment networks. Its operational footprint spans across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The company's operations are organized into three distinct divisions: 1. Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS): This segment furnishes fiber optic and copper-based connectivity and cabling offerings. These are vital for telecommunications, cable television, residential broadband networks, data centers, and various business enterprises, in addition to supplying network solutions for both indoor and outdoor environments. 2. Networking, Intelligent Cellular and Security Solutions (NICS): This division provides advanced indoor cellular systems, including public key infrastructure, along with indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi and LTE access points, and both access and aggregation switches.

VISN (Vistance Networks, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Communication Equipment, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.61B, a trailing P/E of 9.98, a beta of 1.99 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 9.47-20.55, average daily share volume of 7.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2013, approximately 5K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how VISN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.99 indicates VISN has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 9.98 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. VISN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a butterfly on VISN?

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.

VISN snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $11.41, ATM IV 31.60%, IV rank 5.79%, expected move 9.06%. The butterfly on VISN below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 7-day expiry.

Why this butterfly structure on VISN specifically: VISN IV at 31.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a VISN butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.06% (roughly $1.03 on the underlying). The 7-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated VISN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on VISN should anchor to the underlying notional of $11.41 per share and to the trader's directional view on VISN stock.

VISN butterfly setup

The VISN butterfly below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With VISN at $11.41 on that close, the first option leg uses a $11.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed VISN chain at a 7-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 VISN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$11.00	$0.55
Sell 2	Call	$11.00	$0.55
Buy 1	Call	$12.00	$0.02

VISN butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$53.00
Max Profit (per contract): $53.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$47.00
Breakeven(s): $11.53
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.128

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.

VISN butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on VISN. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-99.9%	+$53.00
$2.53	-77.8%	+$53.00
$5.05	-55.7%	+$53.00
$7.58	-33.6%	+$53.00
$10.10	-11.5%	+$53.00
$12.62	+10.6%	-$47.00
$15.14	+32.7%	-$47.00
$17.66	+54.8%	-$47.00
$20.18	+76.9%	-$47.00
$22.71	+99.0%	-$47.00

When traders use butterfly on VISN

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

VISN thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for VISN extends from approximately $10.38 on the downside to $12.44 on the upside. A VISN long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if VISN settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current VISN IV rank near 5.79% 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 VISN at 31.60%. As a Technology name, VISN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to VISN-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on VISN?: A butterfly on VISN is the butterfly strategy applied to VISN (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 VISN stock at $11.41 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed VISN chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are VISN 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 VISN butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.60%), the computed maximum profit is $53.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$47.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a VISN butterfly?: The breakeven for the VISN butterfly priced on this page is roughly $11.53 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The VISN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.06%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on VISN?: Butterflies on VISN are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect VISN 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 VISN implied volatility affect this butterfly?: VISN ATM IV is at 31.60% with IV rank near 5.79%, 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.