The broken wing butterfly (BWB) is an advanced strategy involving the use of multiple options. The butterfly strategy is generally thought of as a neutral to slightly directional strategy, which will …
The Floater Trade
Jim Riggio put an SPX trade on about two months ago when the SPX was at 2000. Jim put a 90-day (DEC expiration) 1975/2000/2025 butterfly on. Nothing fancy or unbalanced. I put the same trade on the …
The Round Table: SPX Broken Wing Butterfly and VXX/UVXY Trades
The Round Table meeting had two parts. Tom showed the SPX Broken Wing Butterfly trade he's been trading. Then Jim showed his VXX and UVXY volatility based trades he's been doing. We recorded this …
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SPX Aug 23 (W4) Broken Wing Butterfly
Time for a new trade in SPX. Another broken wing butterfly trade expiring on Aug 23rd with 33 days to expiration. The ten lot of puts are at 1945/1920/1860. The 1920's were about a -19 true delta (in …
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SPX Jul 17 Broken Wing Butterfly
Time for a new trade in SPX. Another broken wing butterfly trade expiring on Jul 17th with 28 days to expiration. The eight lot of puts are at 1950/1930/1870. The 1930's were about a -22 delta. The …
SPX Jul 11 Broken Wing Butterfly Trade Started
I put a new SPX Broken Wing Butterfly trade on yesterday with 29 days to expiration. It's an eight lot at 1910/1890/1830 with a put debit spread at 1910/1890 for a next credit of $926 on $31,574 of …
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Jun 28 SPX Broken Wing Butterfly
I put an SPX Jun 28 Broken Wing Butterfly (BWB) on yesterday. They seem to be what many of my option trading friends are trading these days. With volatility at historic lows, trading Iron Condors, …
