straddle
DefinitionThe purchase or sale of an equal number of puts and calls, with the same strike price and expiration dates. A straddle provides the opportunity to profit from a prediction about the future volatility of the market. Long straddles are used to profit from high volatility. Long straddles can be effective when an investor is confident that a stock price will change dramatically, but cannot predict the direction of the move. Short straddles represent the opposite prediction, that a stock price will not change.
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... part of the Options subject.
... part of the Options subject.
Related Terms
bear straddle, bull straddle, security, single option, lifting a leg, iron butterfly
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