Strategies Options        "To manage is To Forecast..."
 The Option Trading Website
Accès Site
 
Home  >  Advanced Strategies  >  Butterfly Spread : The Delta ∆ 

Butterfly Spread : The Delta ∆
Issued on August 30 2010 par Strategies-options.com

Butterfly spread exhibits some features which lead to different uses.
Butterfly spread : great payoff / limited risk




I - The butterfly spread: a long verical spread added to a short vertical spread

A butterfly spread can be divided in two vertical spreads : For instance a 1year call butterfly spread80/100/120 can be built with
- a long call spread 80/100
- a short call spread 100/120




II - Butterfly's sensibility to the spot move

The butterfly spread can profit from moves but would be maximum if the spot is near the strike that was sold:
Long-Butterfly-80-100-120-3D


That leads to : profits are nil at extrems for a butterfly spread.
Delta-Long-Butterfly-80-100-120-3D





Next : Butterfly Spread : The Gamma Г
Previous : Butterfly Spread : A First Attempt

Télécharger le pricer : ici

Advanced Strategies - INDEX
Advanced Strategies - CHAPTER I
Advanced Strategies - CHAPTER II
Advanced Strategies - CHAPTER III
Advanced Strategies - CHAPTER IV
Advanced Strategies - CHAPTER V

Strategies-options.com
Other articles
- Pricing Models -
Trinomial Model: American style in tree - Let's price with it !
American style option are very easy to price using trinomial model.
- Pricing Models -
Binomial Model: Let's price with it ! ( The Revenge 2)
Odd or even ? Parity of the number of periods is of a great importance in estimating option value using the binomial model!
- Basic Strategies -
Risk-Reversal : A First Attempt
This is one of the most flexible strategies using options..
- Futures and Equity Options Trading Strategies -
CAC40 SOIC DEC10 Strategy Summary
Summary and results.
- Advanced Strategies -
Advanced Strategies - CHAPTER III
Butterfly Spreads
- Futures and Equity Options Trading Strategies -
Delta hedged Risk Reversal using French CAC 40 Index Options ( 3rd Update )
Our Delta Hedged Risk Reversal suffered much more from Implied Volatilities variations than moves on French Index this week.