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 ...

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 ...

Butterfly spreads use specific option combos to bet on stock volatility levels. Long butterfly spreads profit if the stock price hits the middle strike at expiration. Short butterfly spreads gain most ...

Hey everyone – Scott Bauer from Prosper Trading Academy here. In exploring advanced options strategies, it’s crucial to understand how variations can be applied to tailor risk and reward. Today, I’m ...

Jay Kaeppel has 25+ years of experience as a trader, analyst, and portfolio manager. He is the author of four books on financial trading. Hans Daniel Jasperson has over a decade of experience in ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are plenty of ways to profit on a stock's movement, beyond investing in the actual stock itself. Options provide a nearly endless array of strategies, due to the countless ways you can combine ...