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butterfly spread
butterfly spread definition - finance
An
option strategy to sell several call options and at the same time buy several
call options on the same secu-rity or futures contract. The options have
different maturity dates and the exercise price of the options will differ. If
the underlying security makes no dramatic moves, the options trader hopes to
make a profit by collecting income from the premiums. The strategy limits both
risk and profit potential. For instance, one call is bought at the lowest
strike price, $35 for Company AÂ’s stock. Then two calls are sold at $40, which
is the middle strike price. Then a call is bought at $50, the highest stock
price.
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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