Bull Put Spread Vs Short Call Butterfly Options Trading Strategy Comparison

Compare Bull Put Spread and Short Call Butterfly options trading strategies. Find similarities and differences between Bull Put Spread and Short Call Butterfly strategies. Find the best options trading strategy for your trading needs.

Bull Put Spread Vs Short Call Butterfly

	Bull Put Spread	Short Call Butterfly


About Strategy	A Bull Put Spread (or Bull Put Credit Spread) strategy is a Bullish strategy to be used when you're expecting the price of the underlying instrument to mildly rise or be less volatile. The strategy involves buying a Put Option and selling a Put Option at different strike prices. The risk and reward for this strategy is limited. A Bull Put Strategy involves Buy OTM Put Option and Sell ITM Put Option. For example, If you are of the view that the price of Reliance Shares will moderately gain or drop its volatility in near future. If Reliance is currently trading at Rs 600 then you will buy an OTM Put Option at Rs 700 and a sell an ITM Put Option at Rs 550. You will make a profit when, at expiry, Reliance closes at Rs 700 level and incur losse... Read More	Short Call Butterfly (or Short Butterfly) is a neutral strategy similar to Long Butterfly but bullish on the volatility. This strategy is a limited risk and limited profit strategy. This strategy consists of two long calls at a middle strike (or ATM) and one short call each at a lower and upper strike. All the options must have the same expiration date. Also, the upper and lower strikes (or wings) must both be equidistant from the middle strike (or body). In simple terms, it involves Sell 1 ITM Call, Buy 2 ATM Calls and Sell 1 OTM Call. The strike prices of all Options should be at equal distance from the current price as shown in the example below. The usual Short Butterfly strategy looks like as below for NIFTY current index value as 1... Read More
Market View	Bullish	Neutral
Strategy Level	Advance	Advance
Options Type	Put	Call
Number of Positions	2	4
Risk Profile	Limited	Limited
Reward Profile	Limited	Limited
Breakeven Point	Strike price of short put - net premium paid	2 Break-even Points

When and how to use Bull Put Spread and Short Call Butterfly?

	Bull Put Spread	Short Call Butterfly
When to use?	This strategy works well when you're of the view that the price of a particular underlying will rise, move sideways, or marginally fall.	This strategy is meant for special scenarios where you foresee a lot of volatility in the market due to election results, budget, policy change, annual result announcements etc.
Market View	Bullish When you are expecting a moderate rise in the price of the underlying or less volatility.	Neutral When you are unsure about the direction in the movement in the price of the underlying but are expecting high volatility in it in the near future.
Action	Buy OTM Put Option Sell ITM Put Option A Bull Put Strategy involves Buy OTM Put Option + Sell ITM Put Option. For example, If you are of the view that the price of Reliance Shares will moderately gain or drop its volatility in near future. If Reliance is currently trading at 600 then you will buy a OTM PUT OPTION at 700 and a sell a ITM PUT OPTION at 550. You will make a profit when at expiry Reliance closes at 700 level and incur losses if the prices fall down below the current price.	Buy 2 ATM Call Sell 1 ITM Call Sell 1 OTM Call
Breakeven Point	Strike price of short put - net premium paid	2 Break-even Points There are 2 break even points in this strategy. Lower Break-even = Lower Strike Price + Net Premium Upper Break-even = Higher Strike Price - Net Premium

Compare Risks and Rewards (Bull Put Spread Vs Short Call Butterfly)

	Bull Put Spread	Short Call Butterfly
Risks	Limited Maximum loss occurs when the stock price moves below the lower strike price on expiration date. Max Loss = (Strike Price Put 1 - Strike Price of Put 2) - Net Premium Received Max Loss Occurs When Price of Underlying <= Strike Price of Long Put	Limited The maximum risk is limited. Maximum Risk = Higher strike price- Lower Strike Price - Net Premium
Rewards	Limited Maximum profit happens when the price of the underlying moves above the strike price of Short Put on expiration date. Max Profit = Net Premium Received	Limited The profit is limited to the net premium received. This happens when the price of the underlying is trading beyond the range of strike prices at expiration date.
Maximum Profit Scenario	Both options unexercised	All Options exercised or not exercised
Maximum Loss Scenario	Both options exercised	Only ITM Call exercised

Pros & Cons or Bull Put Spread and Short Call Butterfly

	Bull Put Spread	Short Call Butterfly
Advantages	Allows you to benefit from time decay in profit situations. Helps you profit from 3 scenarios: rise, sideway movements and marginal fall of the underlying.	This strategy requires no investment as net premium is positive and received. It allows you to benefit from high volatile market scenarios without the need to speculate on the direction of price movement.
Disadvantage	Limited profit. Time decay may go against you in loss situations.	Profitability depends on significant movement in the price of the underlying.
Simillar Strategies	Bull Call Spread, Bear Put Spread, Collar	Long Straddle, Long Call Butterfly

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