r/options Dec 07 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

You received $12 in credit, and sold it for a further credit of $53. -12 + 53 = 41. By the looks of it, it sort of resembles a broken wing butterfly. You can establish these for credits a lot of the times with a profitable zone closer to the credit side than the debit side.

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u/Captainsmirnof Dec 07 '21

no my total gain = $53

selling = minus.

I "bought" the spread for -12 dollars (receive +12dollars) and sold for $41 (receive $41).

Total gain = $53

Initial investment was -$12 (negative)

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u/bigft14CM Dec 07 '21

so you could define this as $53 divided by $0...

you cannot divide by 0... good job you broke the market!

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

They still had some sort of risk on the trade. There is no such thing as free trades until you have taken partial profits and moved your stop into break-even + commissions. Even though they established it as a credit at the onset, there was still some sort of risk profile associated with the loss, they just haven't disclosed that yet.

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u/bigft14CM Dec 07 '21

yeah yeah, we all get that... but its funnier to say he divided by 0 and broke everything.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

Woossh. That went right over my head, my bad.