butterfly spread

  • 1butterfly spread — The placing of two interdelivery spreads in opposite directions with the center delivery month common to both spreads. Chicago Board of Trade glossary Established by buying an at the money option, selling 2 out of the money options, and buying an …

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  • 2Butterfly Spread — A neutral option strategy combining bull and bear spreads. Butterfly spreads use four option contracts with the same expiration but three different strike prices to create a range of prices the strategy can profit from. The trader sells two… …

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  • 3butterfly spread — / bʌtəflaɪ spred/ noun an act of buying two call options and selling two call options, with different dates and prices, all at the same time …

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  • 4Iron Butterfly Spread — Iron butterfly is the name of an advanced, neutral outlook, options trading strategy that involves buying and holding four different options at three different strike prices. It is a limited risk, limited profit trading strategy that is… …

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  • 5Butterfly (options) — In options trading, a long butterfly (sometimes simply butterfly) is a combination trade resulting in the following net position: * Long 1 call at (X − a) strike * Short 2 calls at X strike * Long 1 call at (X + a) strikeall with the same… …

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  • 6Butterfly (Finanzwesen) — Auszahlungsdiagramm zu einem Butterfly Ein Butterfly (auch: Butterfly Spread) ist eine Optionsstrategie, bei der man mit Optionen (d. h. derivativen Finanzinstrumenten) auf sich ändernde bzw. gleich bleibende Preise des Basiswertes… …

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  • 7spread a farfalla —   Eng. butterfly spread   Tecnica operativa praticata nel mercato delle opzioni nel momento in cui i prezzi del bene sottostante sono stabili o in flessione. Si attua vendendo due opzioni call con lo prezzo di esercizio ( strike ) e acquistandone …

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  • 8butterfly — [but′ərflī΄] n. pl. butterflies [ME buterflie < OE buttorfleoge (see BUTTER & FLY2): in folklore, it is thought to steal milk or butter] 1. any of various families of lepidopteran insects active in the daytime, having a sucking mouthpart,… …

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  • 9butterfly — butterflylike, adj., adv. /but euhr fluy /, n., pl. butterflies, v., butterflied, butterflying, adj. n. 1. any of numerous diurnal insects of the order Lepidoptera, characterized by clubbed antennae, a slender body, and large, broad, often… …

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  • 10Options spread — Spread option redirects here. For the American football offensive scheme, see Spread offense. Options spreads are the basic building blocks of many options trading strategies. A spread position is entered by buying and selling equal number of… …

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