What is a Broken Wing Butterfly?

What is a Broken Wing Butterfly?

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 often benefit when the market does not move too much in price. A...
The Reverse Harvey

The Reverse Harvey

Dan Harvey is a well known options trader who specialized in Iron Condor trading for many years. Dan had an article published about him in SFO magazine in 2008. Over time, Dan noticed several problems with Iron Condors so he modified them to address their...
The Floater Trade

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 next day. Jim and I took two different approaches to managing the...