Options Playbook Radio 458: Slinging VIX Butterflies
Release Date: 10/02/2025
Options Playbook Radio 460: Slinging 0DTE Butterflies in SPX
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HOST: Brian Overby, Options Playbook Here is a Monday trade and a Friday expiration trade. Open-Wing Butterfly in SPX with either 0DTE (Nov 10) or Friday Nov 14th Buy 1 SPXW Nov 10th 6785 Strike Call Sell 2 SPXW Nov 10th 6800 Strike Call Buy 1 SPXW Nov 10th 6805 Strike Call
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Options Playbook Radio 459: Amazon Earnings: The Open Wing Butterfly
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HOST: Brian Overby, Options Playbook Radio The OPR strategy today is an Open-Wing Butterfly Spread on AMZN ahead of the company’s earnings announcement after the close today, Thursday, October 30th. BUY +1 AMZN 31 OCT 235 STRIKE CALL SELL -2 AMZN 31 OCT 245 STRIKE CALL BUY +1 AMZN 31 OCT 250 STRIKE CALL NET DEBIT $2.18
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Options Playbook Radio 458: Slinging VIX Butterflies
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Brian's latest actionable trade idea...a VIX butterfly! Trade Breakdown Butterfly spread entry with 1 buy and 2 sell orders VIX 22 OCT 25 AM options at strikes 15, 20, and 22 Call type with a debit order at 1.65 price Quantities: +1, -2, +1 respectively
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Options Playbook Radio 457: How to Play the All-Time Highs in Gold Using GLD Options
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On this episode Brian breaks down a GLD Butterfly: GLD SPDR Gold Trust: $338.75 (up 3.09%), GLD Long Open-Wing Butterfly: Debit Mid $3.00 Leg 1: Buy to Open, 1, 2025-09-19, Strike 345.00, PUT Leg 2: Sell to Open, 2, 2025-09-19, Strike 339.00, PUT Leg 3: Buy to Open, 1, 2025-09-19, Strike 337.00, PUT Max Risk: $300 per 1x2x1 Spread Executed Max Reward: $300 per 1x2x1 O-W Butterfly Established
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Options Playbook Radio 456: A Great NVDA Options Play
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Brian Overby is back with a great NVDA options play.
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Options Playbook Radio 455: Is it Time for an SPX Butterfly?
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On this episode, Brian talks about an SPX butterfly trade.
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Options Playbook Radio 454: It's Time for a VIX Butterfly
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We are pleased to welcome back Brian Overby and his popular Options Playbook Radio program. On this episode, Brian talks about his VIX modified butterfly trade.
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OPR 453: Live From OIC 2024
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The Options Guy - aka Brian Overby - joins Mark in the Southern Studio at OIC 2024 to discuss: Skip strike butterfly adjustments Skip strikes vs. Fig Leaves 0 DTE options 24hr trading in stocks and options and much more...
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Options Playbook Radio 453: The Return of Options Playbook Radio
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We are pleased to welcome back Brian Overby and his popular Options Playbook Radio program. On this episode, Mark and Brian answer your listener questions including: their thoughts on options trading holding up in 2023 their feelings on the pattern day trading policy trading VIX calls/spreads vs. VIX puts/spreads whether Chicago is still the mecca for trading options and much more.
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Options Playbook Radio 452: Let's Get Speculative on Oil
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For this week's trade, Brian gets speculative with the United States Oil ETF (Ticker: USO). The Options Playbook is available at , or on . Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.
info_outlineBrian's latest actionable trade idea...a VIX butterfly!
Trade Breakdown
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Butterfly spread entry with 1 buy and 2 sell orders
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VIX 22 OCT 25 AM options at strikes 15, 20, and 22
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Call type with a debit order at 1.65 price
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Quantities: +1, -2, +1 respectively