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

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.

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Merk, G. (Hrsg.): „Straddle (also used in German, more rarely Grätsche; straddle = to stand with legs spread apart)“. In: Finanz- und Wirtschaftslexikon. https://www.gerhardmerk.de/straddle-also-used-in-german-more-rarely-gratsche-straddle-to-stand-with-legs-spread-apart-2/ (Stand: 25.07.2023).

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