buyButterflyCalls

fun buyButterflyCalls(symbol: String, strikes: Triple<Float, Float, Float>, limitPrice: Float, quantity: Int, expiry: ZonedDateTime = OptionsCalendar.nextMonthly(), clientOrderId: String = randomString()): PreviewRequest

Buy a butterfly with calls

Samples

import com.seansoper.batil.OptionsCalendar
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.auth.Authorization
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.Accounts
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.Alerts
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.Market
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.Orders
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.TransactionSortOrder
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.buyButterflyCalls
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.buyBuyWrite
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.buyCallOptionMarket
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.buyCallSpread
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.buyCondorPuts
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.buyEquityLimit
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.sellCallOptionMarket
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.sellEquityLimit
import com.seansoper.batil.brokers.etrade.services.orderPreview.sellIronCondor
import com.seansoper.batil.config.ClientConfig
import com.seansoper.batil.config.GlobalConfig
import java.time.LocalDate
import java.time.LocalTime
import java.time.ZoneId
import java.time.ZonedDateTime
import java.util.GregorianCalendar
fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   val configuration = GlobalConfig.parse(runtime)
val client = Authorization(configuration, runtime.production, runtime.verbose)
val session = client.renewSession() ?: client.createSession()
val service = Orders(session, runtime.production, runtime.verbose)
val accountIdKey = "ACCOUNT_ID_KEY"
val expiry = ZonedDateTime.of(
    LocalDate.of(2021, 10, 15),
    LocalTime.of(16, 0),
    ZoneId.of("America/New_York")
)

val request = buyButterflyCalls(
    symbol = "CHPT",
    strikes = Triple(18f, 19f, 20f),
    limitPrice = .19f,
    quantity = 10,
    expiry = expiry
)

service.createPreview(accountIdKey, request)?.let {
    println("Preview of Buy to Open butterfly calls on CHPT")
    println(it)
} 
   //sampleEnd
}

Parameters

symbol

The market symbol for the security being bought

strikes

A triple representing the strike prices for the butterfly

limitPrice

The highest price at which to buy the butterfly

quantity

The number of butterflies to buy

expiry

The date the butterflies will expire

clientOrderId

A reference ID generated by the developer that is used to ensure that a duplicate order is not being submitted. This reference ID may be any value of 20 or less alphanumeric characters but must be unique within the account. This field does not appear in any API responses.

Sources

jvm source