straddle
IPA: strˈædʌɫ
noun
- A posture in which one straddles something.
- (military) A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
- (poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
- (mining) A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
- A part of a harness placed on the back of a beast of burden (such as a horse or donkey) to carry the weight of a load.
verb
- (transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
- (transitive) To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.
- (transitive) To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.
- (transitive) To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
- (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
- (poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
- (intransitive) To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
- (economy) To execute a commodities market spread.
adverb
- Astride.
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Examples of "straddle" in Sentences
- He straddles in public.
- The baby straddles on the sofa.
- Is this straddle for you as well
- The district straddles the River Dodder.
- The rest used the straddle or the western roll.
- Are the userboxes supposed to straddle the border
- It is a straddle for me and is very uncomfortable.
- Some people are annoyed at whom straddles in public.
- His expressive canvases straddle the styles of Mannerism and Baroque.
- The animal's four legs straddle the two rails and the body rests on the rails.
- The straddle is self-centering, and clamps securely with two small hex screws.
- A straddle is a bet on volatility, as it makes money if a market moves sharply either up or down.
- The so-called straddle trade generated a credit of $5.12 and will make money if the stock remains between about
- Last Friday, the blue-chip conglomerate was singled out for a long-term straddle, with the trader zeroing in on GE's December series.
- One way to do that is through what 's known as a straddle, in which an investor purchases both put and call options on a market index.
- This not-uncommon strategy is called a straddle, and it is perfect for taking advantage of periods of high market volatility where direction is uncertain.
- Hoodathunk (sponsored by the FSM, Noodles for Freedom!) says: backup, are you just a teeny bit cranky because that fence you constantly straddle is chafing?
- Plenty of volume was evident on both sides in what is known as a straddle trade, in which investors buy a "put" option and a "call" option, betting on volatility.
- A straddle is the use of the same strikes for both the call and the put, but a strangle uses out-of-the-money OTM options, usually equally spaced from the price of the underlying.