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DEFINITION

An iron fly is essentially an iron condor with call and put credit spreads that share the same short strike. This creates a very neutral position that profits from the passage of time and any decreases in implied volatility. An iron fly is synthetically the same as a long butterfly spread using the same strikes.

DIRECTIONAL ASSUMPTION

Neutral

IDEAL IMPLIED VOLATILITY ENVIRONMENT

High

PROFIT/LOSS CHART
Profit loss chart of an Iron Fly

HOW TO CALCULATE MAX PROFIT / BREAKEVEN(S)

MAX PROFIT

Credit Received

BREAKEVEN(S)

Upside:

Short Call Strike + Credit Received


Downside:

Short Put Strike – Credit Received

CurrencyVeda APPROACH

An iron fly is a defined-risk, at-the-money straddle. Due to the long call and put options, the iron fly requires much less buying power than a straddle. At tastylive, we generally use this strategy when we have a neutral assumption in a high implied volatility (IV) stock. Short iron fly profits are realized when volatility contracts and we are able to purchase the spread to close for less than the initial credit received.

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