# Straddle (also used in German, more rarely Grätsche; straddle = to stand with legs spread apart)

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## Definition

The purchase or sale of an equal number of puts and calls having the same contract terms. - Option where - against payment of a premium - the principal acquires the right - within a certain period of time - to buy (call transaction) and/or sell (put transaction) an underlying asset at a certain price or - to forego a transaction altogether - in betting and also financial betting, the doubling of the stake (a method of betting where the previous bet is doubled). - See Butterfly Spread, Candidate Bet, Option, Spread Bet, Stella Transaction, Strangle. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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