Butterfly Strategies

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[Verse 1]
Picture three bonds dancing on a curve
Short-term, mid-term, long-term swerve
Buy the wings and sell the body tight
Butterfly spreads catch curvature's flight
When rates go flat or steep extreme
This strategy captures yield regime

[Chorus]
Butterfly, butterfly, wings spread wide
Short and long positions side by side
Sell the middle, buy the ends
Curvature changes, profit ascends
Body-wing ratio, two-to-one
Butterfly magic has begun

[Verse 2]
Duration neutral, that's the key design
Parallel shifts won't cross the line
But when the belly bows or straightens out
That's when butterflies remove all doubt
Convexity captured in the net
Maximum profit where curves are set

[Chorus]
Butterfly, butterfly, wings spread wide
Short and long positions side by side
Sell the middle, buy the ends
Curvature changes, profit ascends
Body-wing ratio, two-to-one
Butterfly magic has begun

[Bridge]
Steepening curves make money flow
Flattening bends help profits grow
Two-year, ten-year, thirty span
Execute the butterfly plan
Risk is limited, upside sweet
When curve assumptions match the beat

[Verse 3]
Positive butterfly means curves bend down
Negative spread when peaks are found
Monitor theta as time decays
Gamma exposure in volatile days
Close positions when targets hit
Butterfly wisdom, piece by piece

[Chorus]
Butterfly, butterfly, wings spread wide
Short and long positions side by side
Sell the middle, buy the ends
Curvature changes, profit ascends
Body-wing ratio, two-to-one
Butterfly magic has begun

[Outro]
Yield curve sculptor's favorite tool
Butterfly strategies, advanced and cool
Remember the wings, remember the core
Curvature betting, nothing more

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