Butterfly on financials

[xandman]

Attached is a screenshot of my P/L. It does seem this trade structure is a total looser. I'm don't recall what I was seeing when I first put the trade on but it can't be any different from this.

The underlying would have to go to $80 or $100 to keep 100% of the premium.

I'm played with the P/L evolution at different times and vol, there's no redeeming factor in this trade.

I owe you guys a beer.

 

[FXforex]

Quote from xandman:
01-11-14 07:06 PM

1:5 RR for a premium seller? Seems reasonable. I know Iron condors are sold with the same RR.

You have the risk:reward reversed, it would not be 1:5. It would depend on the position and be something like 5:1. The Iron Condor would be about half the risk (2.5:1), but you now have 2 maximum loss points instead of just one.