straddle

straddle, n. In securities and commodities trading, a situation in which an investor holds contracts to buy and to sell the same security or commodity, thus ensuring a loss on one of the contracts. • The aim of this strategy is to defer gains and use losses to offset other taxable income. — Also termed spread eagle; combination. — straddle, vb.

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