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• BUTTERFLY TRADE
  
  Is the sale of two units of a futures contract and the purchase of two units of a futures contract. Here, the contracts are positioned across three different delivery months. One pattern would be buy 1 March, Sell 2 April, and Buy 1 May. This strategy is also used in the credit markets.
  
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