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Verb
/ˈstradl/,
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straddling, present participle; straddled, past tense; straddled, past participle; straddles, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Sit or stand with one leg on either side of
    • - he turned the chair around and straddled it
  2. Place (one's legs) wide apart
    • - he shifted his legs, straddling them to keep his balance
  3. Stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart

  4. Extend across or be situated on both sides of
    • - a mountain range straddling the Franco-Swiss border
  5. Take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to (a political issue)
    • - a man who had straddled the issue of taxes
Noun
  1. An act of sitting or standing with one's legs wide apart

  2. A simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price, allowing the purchaser to make a profit whether the price of the security or commodity goes up or down

  1. a noncommittal or equivocal position
  2. sit or stand astride of
  3. a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
  4. range: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"
  5. the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
  6. In finance, a straddle is an investment strategy involving the purchase or sale of particular option derivatives that allows the holder to profit based on how much the price of the underlying security moves, regardless of the direction of price movement. ...
  7. In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing. ...
  8. (Straddling) Enjambment or enjambement is the breaking of a syntactic unit (a phrase, clause, or sentence) by the end of a line or between two verses. ...
  9. a posture in which one straddles something; an investment strategy involving trade in derivatives; A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds; To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; To form a disorderly sprawl; To fire successive ...
  10. (Straddling) An investor buys a call and a put on the same underlying investment.
  11. Straddling refers to the phenomenon of unit postcodes overlapping administrative (or other geographic) boundaries. This is due to the fact that postcodes are defined for mail delivery only and take no account of other geographies. ...
  12. An optional extra blind bet, typically made by the player one to the left of the big blind, equal to twice the big blind. This is effectively a raise, and forces any player who wants to play to pay two bets. Furthermore, the straddler acts last before the flop, and may "re-raise."
  13. Raising before looking at your pocket cards when you are under the gun. There is no sound reason for doing this, other than trying to liven up a tight table, or for advertising value.
  14. A trading position involving puts and calls on a one-to-one basis in which the puts and calls have the same strike price, expiration, and underlying stock. A long straddle is when both options are owned and a short straddle is when both options are written. ...
  15. A combination of buying both a call and a put, each with the same exercise price and expiration date. The purpose is to profit from expected volatility in either direction.
  16. A position where the legs are split at least shoulder width apart and the legs are kept straight whilst the upper body is aligned forward at the hips at an angle greater than 45 °.
  17. the simultaneous purchase of put and call options in the same underlying security in the traded options market. sometimes used in the sense of the difference between the bid and offer price.
  18. An additional blind bet placed after the forced blinds, usually double the big blind in size or in lowball, a multiple blind game.
  19. The purchase or sale of an equal number of puts and calls having the same terms.
  20. A trading strategy consisting of a long (short) call and a long (short) put, in which both options have the same strike price and expiration date.
  21. When someone posts a big blind plus a raise in the first position after the BB. This is volountarily, and quite frankly, stupid. ...
  22. A method of betting where the previous bet is doubled.
  23. A straddle is a strategy option where the purchasers buy a put option and a call option with the same price, anticipating an increase in price volatility because of the two premiums paid for.
  24. In shipboard gunnery, when one round or salvo is over, and the next is short, or vice versa.
  25. A straddle is an options-buying strategy that lets you profit from the potential price changes of a particular stock, stock index, or commodities futures contract without actually speculating on whether the price will move up or down. ...