This document provides instructions for setting up a broken wing butterfly trade on the SPX using 10 contracts. The trade involves selling an at-the-money straddle 60-55 days to expiration and establishing a broken wing butterfly with a lower wing 60 points out of the money and an upper wing 50 points above or below the at-the-money strike. The trader aims for slightly negative initial deltas and adjusts the upper long strike as needed. The strategy targets $1,000 in profit after commissions with a maximum planned loss of $2,000-$3,000 depending on price movement and delta adjustments.
This document provides instructions for setting up a broken wing butterfly trade on the SPX using 10 contracts. The trade involves selling an at-the-money straddle 60-55 days to expiration and establishing a broken wing butterfly with a lower wing 60 points out of the money and an upper wing 50 points above or below the at-the-money strike. The trader aims for slightly negative initial deltas and adjusts the upper long strike as needed. The strategy targets $1,000 in profit after commissions with a maximum planned loss of $2,000-$3,000 depending on price movement and delta adjustments.
This document provides instructions for setting up a broken wing butterfly trade on the SPX using 10 contracts. The trade involves selling an at-the-money straddle 60-55 days to expiration and establishing a broken wing butterfly with a lower wing 60 points out of the money and an upper wing 50 points above or below the at-the-money strike. The trader aims for slightly negative initial deltas and adjusts the upper long strike as needed. The strategy targets $1,000 in profit after commissions with a maximum planned loss of $2,000-$3,000 depending on price movement and delta adjustments.
This document provides instructions for setting up a broken wing butterfly trade on the SPX using 10 contracts. The trade involves selling an at-the-money straddle 60-55 days to expiration and establishing a broken wing butterfly with a lower wing 60 points out of the money and an upper wing 50 points above or below the at-the-money strike. The trader aims for slightly negative initial deltas and adjusts the upper long strike as needed. The strategy targets $1,000 in profit after commissions with a maximum planned loss of $2,000-$3,000 depending on price movement and delta adjustments.
underylying: SPX 60 - 55 DTE on a down day if possible (Usually on Epiration Friday) Broken wing butterfly: 60 point lower wing and 50 + or - point upper wing (use upper wing to adj deltas) ATM should be around 20 points above the shorts adjust the upper long strike as necessary in order to start off with slightly negative deltas I trade 10 contracts per traunch which can cost anywhere between $14k and $25k based on the volatility of the SPX( RegT or IRA margin). You can adjust the beginning margin by changing the number of contracts. You can scale it down to trade a smaller margin but it needs to not so small that adding the BWF as the upside adjustment doesn't over power it. Margin Control. Reverse Harvey (roll down longs in) to keep margin under an acceptable amount. planned capital is approximately $35k using 10 contracts. target profit: $1,000 after commissions (usually around 4 to 8% depending on adjustments and margin control) max loss: normally -$2,000 depending on the location of the price in relation to trade if deltas are relatively flat and price is well within the tent, then you could go up to a max loss of -$3,000.