Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Daniel Balakov/ Getty Images An iron butterfly is an options trade that uses ...

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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 ...

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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 ...