Glossary · Trading basics · W

Wings in plain English.

The two long options of an iron condor. They cost part of the credit and cap the loss at the wing width minus the credit.

Track

Trading basics

29 terms in this track

Taught in

Iron condors and strangles: trading a range

In the index

129 of 129

Filed under W

Connections

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Related terms mapped below

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The idea, in context

How to read the picture above and where the Academy teaches it.

Reading the illustration

Defined risk: the loss has a floor (rose) and the credit a ceiling (gold) — both known before you enter.

This definition usesIron condor

In French: Ailes

Where it’s taught

Trading basics

Iron condors and strangles: trading a range

“Iron condors and strangles: trading a range” introduces this term with worked examples, a quiz and the trades around it. The Academy is part of the YieldCove membership.

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8 terms around this one — the words its definition uses, its lesson siblings and the terms that build on it.

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Where to go next

Understand it, try it with real numbers, then track it for free.

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