Put Butterfly

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Also known as: Long Put Butterfly · Put Fly

Buy 1 higher put + sell 2 ATM puts + buy 1 lower put. Max profit at the body strike.

Payoff shape at expiration (illustrative)

Shape illustration on a normalized underlying — open the Lab below to price it on a real option chain.

How it works

Buy one higher put, sell two middle puts, buy one lower put. Identical payoff geometry to the call butterfly, built with puts.

When to use it

Same use as the call butterfly — a pin-the-price target — sometimes preferred when put pricing offers a better fill.

What can go wrong

Maximum loss is the debit paid; profit requires the stock to land near the body at expiration.

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