butterfly

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In a butterfly strategy, one buys the lowest-strike call and the highest-strike call and sells an equal number of calls in the middle strikes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

They have experimented with juice from jagua, a fruit found in Central and South America, and petals from the butterfly pea flower in Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The background jar stands alone, while the piece in the foreground overflows with a rainbow of plants, flowers, fruit, chamoy candies, gummies and a single real butterfly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

These structures reflect and manipulate light in much the same way that soap bubbles or butterfly wings create vibrant colors.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

She enlarged all the dots from the butterfly wings one by one, until each dot joined with the one above, below, or beside it.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix