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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Super Micro Computer surged 23% and Scott Bauer’s instinct was to fade it. He joined Fox Business to walk through exactly how he is positioning around the move using a strategy most traders have never heard of.
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Wall Street’s major averages declined this week after a continuous sell-off in semiconductor stocks rattled the markets, while tensions in the Middle East persisted. A rotation from semiconductor investments was a big theme of the week that was, with real estate and energy sectors in the S&P 500 advancing while communication services, utilities, and information […]
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Scott Bauer joined Schwab Network today to walk through three stocks, three charts, and three trades. From semiconductor dips to an energy rally that has him watching closely, here is what caught his attention and how he is positioning around it.
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Charlie Moon joined Schwab Network to break down a live options trade on Alibaba and share his take on what the broader market is really telling traders right now. Here’s the setup and what he’s watching.
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Scott Bauer joined the IBKR Podcast this week to break down what moved markets last week and what investors need to watch heading into the next stretch of earnings season. From lagging inflation data to big tech CapEx concerns, Scott did not hold back.
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The Dow rose more than 1% to a record closing high on Thursday ahead of the long holiday weekend as a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased worries about interest rate hikes, while another sharp drop in chipmaker stocks weighed on the Nasdaq. The second half of 2026 kicked off this week much the same as […]
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