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Long Straddle Delta: Don’t Just Wait till Expiration

In the previous article about long straddle option trades, we looked at them mainly from the perspective of holding a long straddle position till expiration and explored various scenarios for your P/L. Though the buy and hold approach and never looking at the position prior to expiration is one way to trade straddles, you will … Read more


Long Straddle: How Your P/L Behaves

How to create a long straddle A straddle is the simplest non-directional trade you can make with options. A straddle is a combination of a call and a put option with the same underlying asset, same expiration date, and most importantly, same strike price. In short, all the basic characteristics of both options you buy … Read more