straddle betydelse and definition

Betydelse av straddle på svenska

• 0 to sit or stand with your legs on either side of something:

  • He pulled on his helmet and straddled the motorbike.

  • Our farm straddles the railway line.

  • It's described as a new kind of dance music which straddles jazz and soul.

  • It's not the first time this year that the president has been accused of straddling an issue.

• 1 to have or put your legs on either side of something:

  • Grace straddled her chair.

  • The president has tried to straddle the issue of political fund-raising.

• 2 a situation in which an investor buys or sells both a call option (= agreement to buy shares at a fixed price before or on a fixed date) and a put option (= agreement to sell shares at an agreed price before or on a particular date):

  • There is a lower level of initial margin on straddle positions because the daily price movements are likely to be lower than in the individual contracts.

• 3 a situation in which an investor buys both a call option and a put option on the same shares because they think that there will be a big change in the share price but they do not know if it will go up or down

• 4 a situation in which an investor sells both a call option and a put option on the same shares because they think that the share price will probably stay the same