All week, we've been unpacking options strategies with cool names. Next up, the iron butterfly is a flexible options strategy that can be placed using call or put options, but each trade's risk and ...

The curiously-named "iron butterfly" is a complex strategy offering limited losses and limited profits. It is an expanded version of the basic butterfly (two separate spreads offsetting one another).

The iron butterfly options trading strategy aims to profit investors during periods of low volatility. Also known as the “short iron butterfly” or the “iron fly,” the strategy makes its money off ...

Options traders can trade calls and puts to potentially benefit from specific movements in stock prices. While you can buy or sell a single call or put to get started, other options trading strategies ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Among the more creative names for option strategies is the iron butterfly. In a basic butterfly, you combine two ...