When a new trader hears the term “broken wing butterfly” it tends to send shivers down his or her spine. The term sounds really complicated.
It does not have to be. If you break down the components of a bwf, you will see that it is simply buying one vertical spread and selling a narrower vertical spread against it.
Click the video below to see how we break down the profit and loss effects in our position in PayPal (Ticker: PYPL).
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