Options-centric brokers don't require double margin on a balanced iron condor or butterfly (i.e., where the vertical spreads are equal and all contracts have the same expiration date)?but thanks to a regulatory crack-down in the wake of the 2008 credit crisis, it's increasingly likely that any deviation from a balanced iron condor or butterfly will cost you margin on both sides, at least until the regulations are updated (and the most optimistic estimates for when that might happen are on the order of several months).

Hasbro (HAS) – Stock Pop on Takeover Rumor and Call Purchase

by Ophir Gottlieb | Jun 29, 2010 | Unusual Activity

The company traded over 7,400 options on total daily average option volume of just 1,355. The largest trade was a 3,434 lot Aug 47.5 call purchase about thirty minutes into the stock rise. Calls traded on a 19:1 ratio to puts.

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