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The need
There are different approaches to options trading.
One of them is trading standard options combinations, like butterflies, vertical spreads and so on.
Beginners can simply buy/sell one of these combinations with the hope that the price of the underlying will be within a profitable range.
Advanced traders will manage the position over its lifetime. But both beginners and advanced traders need
to find a convenient way to observe and discover the best opportunities to open any position.
Traders need a fast way to understand all of the following factors: the price, the greeks, the maximum profit and the maximum risk
if they opens a spread at a particular strike.
Another need is the ability to create custom templates, for spread trades that are regularly put on.
For example, some traders like to trade ‘standard’ butterflies that only have a one strike distance or ‘step’ between the leg and the center.
Others trade a ‘wider’ butterfly with a 2 or 3 strike step between the wing and the core.
With a custom template, it will be possible to specify the difference between the step, be it a 1, 2 or 5+ strike distance.
Additionally, because of it’s flexibility, you could build the butterfly out of calls or puts, or any combination of both.