Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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Sunday, October 3, 2021

Butterflies , Condors and Iron Spreads

 Butterfly means 3 strikes with either calls or puts (1:2 and 2:3)  


Condor means 4 strikes either calls or puts (1:2 and 3:4)  


Iron  means both puts and calls with 3 or 4 strikes --  

( Type A 1:2 call and 2:3 put Iron Butterfly

  Type B 1:2 call and 3:4 put Iron Condor

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Long call Butterfly

composition - 2 call vertical spreads

a. bull call spread (debit)

b. bear call spread (credit) 


Buy 1 X 60.00 call at 4.10

Sell 2 X 65.00 calls at 2.00

Buy 1 X 70.00 call at 0.85

Total 0.95 net debit


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Iron Butterfly. 

compostion - 2 ways to look at it 

. bull put spread (credit) + bear call spread (credit)

. short straddle (credit) + long strangle (debit)


Buy 1 X 60.00 put at 0.60

Sell 1 X 70.00 put at 3.80

Sell 1 X 70.00 call at 4.10

Buy 1 X 80.00 call at 1.05

Total 6.25 net credit.


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Long call Condor.

Composition - 2 call vertical spreads

a. bull call spread (debit)

b. bear call spread (credit) 


Buy 1 X 75.00 call at -9.00

Sell 1 X 80.00 call at 5.90

Sell 1 X 85.00 call at 3.60

Buy 1 X 90.00 call at -2.00

Total -1.50 net debit.


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Iron Condors 

. bull put spread (credit) + bear call spread (credit)

. short strangle (credit) + long wider strangle (debit)



Buy 1 X 60.00 put at 1.30

Sell 1 X 65.00 put at 3.10

Sell 1 X 70.00 call at 2.30

Buy 1 X 75.00 call at 1.10

Total 3.00 net credit.

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