Covered Put (Married Put) Vs Short Call Butterfly Options Trading Strategy Comparison

Compare Covered Put (Married Put) and Short Call Butterfly options trading strategies. Find similarities and differences between Covered Put (Married Put) and Short Call Butterfly strategies. Find the best options trading strategy for your trading needs.

Covered Put (Married Put) Vs Short Call Butterfly

	Covered Put (Married Put)	Short Call Butterfly


About Strategy	The Covered Put is a neutral to bearish market view and expects the price of the underlying to remain range bound or go down. In this strategy, while shorting shares (or futures), you also sell a Put Option (ATM or slight OTM) to cover for any unexpected rise in the price of the shares. This strategy is also known as Married Put strategy or writing covered put strategy. The risk is unlimited while the reward is limited in this strategy. How to use a Protective Call trading strategy? The usual Covered Put looks like as below for State Bank of India (SBI) Shares which are currently traded at Rs 275 (SBI Spot Price): Covered Put Orders - SBI Stock OrdersSBI Strike Price Sell Underlying SharesSell 100 SBI Shares ... 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	Bearish	Neutral
Strategy Level	Advance	Advance
Options Type	Put + Underlying	Call
Number of Positions	2	4
Risk Profile	Unlimited	Limited
Reward Profile	Limited	Limited
Breakeven Point	Futures Price + Premium Received	2 Break-even Points

When and how to use Covered Put (Married Put) and Short Call Butterfly?

	Covered Put (Married Put)	Short Call Butterfly
When to use?	The Covered Put works well when the market is moderately Bearish	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	Bearish When you are expecting a moderate drop in the price and volatility of the underlying.	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	Sell Underlying Sell OTM Put Option Suppose SBI is trading at 300. You believe that the price will remain range bound or mildly drop. The covered put allows you to benefit from this market view. In this strategy, you sell the underlying and also sell a Put Option of the underlying and receive the premium. You will benefit from drop in prices of SBI, the Put Option will minimize your risks. If there is no change in price then you keep the premium received as profit.	Buy 2 ATM Call Sell 1 ITM Call Sell 1 OTM Call
Breakeven Point	Futures Price + Premium Received The break-even point is achieved when the price of the underlying is equal to the total of the sale price of underlying and premium received.	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 (Covered Put (Married Put) Vs Short Call Butterfly)

	Covered Put (Married Put)	Short Call Butterfly
Risks	Unlimited The Maximum Loss is Unlimited as the price of the underlying can theoretically go up to any extent. Loss = Price of Underlying - Sale Price of Underlying - Premium Received	Limited The maximum risk is limited. Maximum Risk = Higher strike price- Lower Strike Price - Net Premium
Rewards	Limited The maximum profit is limited to the premiums received. The profit happens when the price of the underlying moves above strike price of Short Put.	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	Underlying goes down and Options exercised	All Options exercised or not exercised
Maximum Loss Scenario	Underlying goes up and Options exercised	Only ITM Call exercised

Pros & Cons or Covered Put (Married Put) and Short Call Butterfly

	Covered Put (Married Put)	Short Call Butterfly
Advantages	Its an income generation strategy in a neutral or Bearish market. Also allows you to benefit from fall in prices, range bound movements or mild increase.	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	The risks can be huge if the prices increases steeply.	Profitability depends on significant movement in the price of the underlying.
Simillar Strategies	Bear Put Spread, Bear Call Spread	Long Straddle, Long Call Butterfly

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