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Strategy Metrics on the Option Chain

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Build a multi-leg strategy on the Option Chain and the figures that decide whether it is worth taking are calculated as you go.

The callout bar sits directly beneath the legs and recalculates as you add, remove or reprice them — so you can weigh a structure before committing to it. Below it, the payoff diagram plots profit and loss across the price range, with a separate curve for each date between today and expiration.

Four-leg Iron Condor on the Option Chain — buy the Oct 16 245 call, sell the 235 call, sell the 210 put, buy the 200 put — with the highlighted callout bar beneath the legs reading MaxP 8, MaxR 2, BE 206.02/238.98, R/R 0.66:1, Credit 3.98, Total 398.00 and BP Effect 602.00, above a payoff diagram with a curve for each date to expiration
An Iron Condor — short the 235 call and 210 put, long the 245 call and 200 put, all expiring Oct 16.

What the callout bar reports

FieldWhat it showsThis example
MaxPMaximum profit — the most the position can make.$398
MaxRMaximum risk — the most it can lose.$602
BEBreakeven price on each wing, lower and upper.206.02 / 238.98
R/RReward measured against risk.0.66 : 1
CreditNet premium received — shown as Debit when you pay to enter.3.98
TotalCost to enter the trade; here, the credit collected.398.00
BP EffectBuying power the position ties up while it is open.602.00