Iron Condor

Butterfly

A three-strike defined-risk structure: long one lower strike, short two middle strikes, long one higher strike. Pays maximum at the middle strike on expiration; loses the debit paid outside the wings. Variants include call butterflies, put butterflies, and the iron butterfly (one-leg-each iron condor).

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