BUTTERFLY SPREAD


Meaning of BUTTERFLY SPREAD in English

Applies to derivative products. Complex option strategy that involves selling two calls and buying two calls on the same or different markets, with several maturity dates . One of the options has a higher exercise price and the other has a lower exercise price than the other two options. The payoff diagram resembles the shape of a butterfly.

Campbell R. Harvey. Hypertextual finance English glossary.      Английский словарь гипертекстовых финансов.