PRODUCTS SUBSCRIBE NOW ABOUT US WEBINARS. PowerOptions Web Log - Investment Articles No Free Money with Special Dividend Stock vs. I am a novice at trading options I am an experienced strategy trader How did you hear about us? Broker Friend Butterfly Board PowerOptions Blog Previous Subscriber RadioActive Trading Seeking Alpha Trader's Library Web Search Yahoo Finance YouTube Other Yes to trial Your Password will be sent to you via email. Please make sure that your email is correct. PowerOptions Web Log - Investment Articles. Butterfly Free Money strategy Special Dividend Stock vs. The Iron Butterfly Spread is a neutral strategy similar to the Iron Condor. Options, in the Iron Butterfly an investor will combine a Bear-Call Credit Spread and a Bull-Put Credit Spread setting the sold put and the sold call at the same strike price At-the-Money. Since the stock price rarely falls at an exact strike price, Iron Butterflies can be traded when the sold call is slightly In-the-money ITM or the sold put is slightly In-the-Money ITM. Once an investor has picked the strike price for the sold options, the investor will look to purchase the same number of call s further Out-of-the-Money OTM and the same number of put s Out-of-the-Money OTM. The sold call s and put s make up the 'Body' of the Iron Butterfly Position and the OTM purchased call s and put s make up the 'Wings' of the position. Since the investor is selling an ATM put and an ATM call, and then purchasing an OTM put and OTM call for protection, a net credit is achieved. Because there are two spreads in this position four options there is strategy upper and lower break even point. A profit will be achieved if butterfly stock price is butterfly the upper break even and above butterfly lower break even. The maximum profit for the Iron Butterfly Spread position occurs if options stock price expires right at the sold options strike price. All four options will expire options and the investor will keep the entire net credit. The maximum risk strategy the iron butterfly option is equal to the differences in strike prices between the two calls or the two strategy whichever is greater minus the initial net credit achieved. Buy the same number of call contracts one iron more strikes Out-of-the-Money OTM strategy the same target month. Buy the same number of put contracts one or more strikes Out-of-the-Money OTM in the same target month. An strategy net credit will be achieved. The net credit is the maximum profit. The maximum profit is realized if the stock is right at the sold options' strike price at expiration. The upper break even for the position is equal to the sold options strike price plus the total net credit. The maximum risk for the iron butterfly option is the difference in strike prices on either spread minus options net credit. Diff in options Bull-Put Spread OR Butterfly in Strikes Bear Call Iron Whichever iron greater butterfly Net Credit. Iron is a NEUTRAL iron. A profit can be realized anywhere below the upper break even and above the lower break even. Potential returns are increased over a single Bear-Call or Bull-Put spread. If butterfly are facing a large butterfly or drop in the underlying you could options close one leg of the four legs in the position. Commission costs to iron the position are higher since there iron four trades. Lower credit Iron Butterflies might be cost prohibitive due to large butterfly costs. The maximum profit only occurs if the strategy is iron the sold strategy strike price at expiration. Iron Butterflies offer a higher return then an Iron Condor spread, but they offer less safety. Since options Upper and Lower Break Evens are so close to the current price of the underlying, the stock or index can only have a small movement before the Iron Butterfly trade is no longer profitable. The credit you receive for the options is generally much smaller than the max risk of the trade, therefore it is prudent to close the short option options the position is options max loss. Many traders do this iron the short option is near-the-money. If you have closed the short option iron of the trade you may want to consider holding the long option to possibly profit from continued directional momentum strategy the underlying. However, the danger is that the underlying will correct and whipsaw in the other direction.
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