(n)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
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Straddled p. pr. & vb. n. Straddling ] [ Freq. from the root of stride. ] 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a “put” and a “call, ” i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. [ Broker's Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[もくば, mokuba](n) (1) wooden horse; rocking horse; (2) (See 跳馬) vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; (3) the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)[Add to Longdo]