What is your “bread and butter” options trade?

Seth FreudbergGeneral Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs8 Comments

Yesterday we held our second Options Tribe  webinar on the subject of an  SPX  butterfly trade that I  was involved in developing.  This trade has become my “bread and butter” trade  –the approach  that I am comfortable trading under almost all market conditions and which provides  a stable pattern of returns. Almost every great options trader that I know  has his … Read More

Traders Ask: What Do I Do About An Obnoxious Bid Ask Spread on a Butterfly Trade?

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An Options Tribe Member  asks: Given that we’re about 55 days out from the  July monthly options expiration,  I was playing with a July 770-820-870 put butterfly on the RUT (when it was trading around 840).  Usually the bid/ask spread for ATM and OTM puts on the RUT is narrow enough, but the spread on the 870 put ($51.80 by … Read More