Stratagem Trading – Newton’s Cradle and Shortfly & Condor
When you see a short butterfly being hedged with a cheap vertical spread and the risk-graph goes from have large risk to no-risk and a long vertical at completely different strikes, it looks like a Newton’s Cradle game.
Creating a short butterfly (or condor) can be a very favorable alternative to closing out a vertical spread that is moving the wrong way.
What You’ll Learn In Newton’s Cradle and Shortfly & Condor
Class Recordings (~12 hours)
Handout of Class Slides
Bonus Materials: Three-Legged Box Example (7 pages) and Layer Spreads (17 pages)
Bonus Class Recordings:
New Game Plan
Live: 3-Legged Box
Box Spread
Newton’s Cradle and Short Fly Primer
Advanced Butterfly Sale
Practical Short Fly Example
