All week, we've been unpacking options strategies with cool names. Next up, the iron butterfly is a flexible options strategy that can be placed using call or put options, but each trade's risk and ...

Trading options can be a complicated process, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible routes ahead of executing a trade. The beauty of options ...

What Is a Butterfly Spread? When markets are volatile, experienced investors may seek to profit by adopting a complex option strategy like butterfly spreads. By using these strategies, investors can ...

A butterfly option spread is a risk-neutral options strategy that combines bull and bear call spreads in order to earn a profit when the price of the underlying stock doesn't move much. The profit ...

The iron butterfly is an advanced strategy that employs four option contracts at three different strikes. The trade is composed of two sold options -- one call and one put -- at the center strike, ...

Hate being liquidated? Here’s how traders use the Long Butterfly options strategy to generate profits with less downside risk. Historical data shows that it is nearly impossible to consistently ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). A positive butterfly is a non-parallel yield curve shift that occurs when short- ...

One investor is using a huge spread to leverage a rebound in Agnico Eagle Mines. optionMONSTER's Heat Seeker tracking system detected the purchase of 10,000 August 32.50 calls for $3.925 and 10,000 ...

Trading options can be a complicated process, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible routes ahead of executing a trade. The beauty of options ...

A butterfly option spread is a risk-neutral options strategy that combines bull and bear call spreads in order to earn a profit when the price of the underlying stock doesn't move much. The profit ...