Quote from $CostAverageMAN:
I'm sure you know most of this...Cisco I would probally engineer a reverse butterfly by buying the 17.50 calls, selling 2 20.00 calls, and buying 22.50 calls... and hope the price stays around 20 going into March expiration... Nice low risk strategy good for 15% and if the Volatility starts to rise you be making more money... ^VIX is also on the rise so a good time to do this...
It's a call, or natural butterfly. I'm confused by your use of "reverse" in this context. A long atm natural fly is hurt by an increase in vol; in terms of spot[gamma risk] and implied vols.
hhho: You're correct. Option vols on CSCO are meaningless.