PAT - The Payoff Advantage Tool
Butterfly

Domestic Payoff: Butterfly Spread

Formula: Hd = max (Sd - Xd1, 0) +
+ max (Sd - Xd2, 0) -
-2 * max (Sd - (Xd1 + Xd2) / 2, 0)

Xd1 = 1.1; Xd2 = 0.6

Foreign Payoff: Butterfly Spread

In this case, both payoffs look very similar again. The financially equivalent foreign Butterfly Spread, however, has slightly differently sloping sides than its domestic counterpart.

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