Iron Condor vs Iron Butterfly
Same trade idea, two different bets on how precisely you need to be right. The condor is a range bet; the butterfly is a point bet that pays more if the point is close.
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Two structures, one view. These pages put the fork in front of you — what changes in the risk shape, the capital, the breakevens and the way the position can go wrong — and let you open either one in the calculator.
Iron Condor vs Short Strangle
The condor is a strangle that paid for insurance on both tails. The premium difference is the price of that insurance — and the whole question is whether you want it.
Covered Call vs Cash-Secured Put
One sells the right to buy your shares. The other sells the obligation to buy shares. At the same strike, the payoff chart is nearly the same picture.
Wheel vs Covered Call
The covered call is a position you can take once. The wheel is what you get when the same position is allowed to feed into the next one instead of being closed.
Bull Put Spread vs Bear Call Spread
Two spreads, identical mechanics, opposite directions. If you can read one, you can read the other — the table is a mirror.
Long Straddle vs Short Strangle
The straddle buys the chance of a move. The strangle sells the assumption that there will not be one. Both are bets on volatility itself rather than direction.
Iron Butterfly vs Long Butterfly
Two butterflies, same peak, opposite cash flow. Which one you want depends on whether you expect the price to sit still or simply to not travel far.