What is the meaning of Butterfly spread?

Applies to derivative products. Complex option strategy that involves buying a call option with a relatively low strike price; buying a call option with a relatively high strike price; and selling two call options with an intermediate strike price. Essentially, this is a bear call spread stacked on top of a bull call spread. One can also do this with puts. The investor buys a put with a low strike, buys a put at high strike and sells two puts at intermediate strike price. The payoff diagram resembles the shape of a butterfly.

4
 
|15 years ago|416 views|share |citing 
APABarry Goldsmith. (2010). butterfly spread. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/butterfly_spread/definitions/1149168
ChicagoBarry Goldsmith. 2010. "butterfly spread" http://smartdefine.org/butterfly_spread/definitions/1149168 (accessed September 21, 2026).
HarvardBarry Goldsmith 2010, butterfly spread, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/butterfly_spread/definitions/1149168>.
MLABarry Goldsmith. "butterfly spread" 21 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/butterfly_spread/definitions/1149168>