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Definition of 'Bear Straddle'

A speculative options trading strategy that consists of purchasing a short position in both a call and a put that have the same strike price and expiration date. A bear straddle's profit potential is limited to the premiums the investor collects from the trade. This type of straddle is based on the slang term "bear," which is used to describe a pessimistic investor who attempts to profit from a price decline.
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Investopedia explains 'Bear Straddle'

Also called a "short straddle," the bear straddle is a risky position based on the premise that prices will not see a significant change. If this premise is wrong, the investor can experience sizable losses, like when derivatives trader Nick Leeson contributed to the bankruptcy of Barings Bank in 1995 with an ill-fated short straddle.

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  3. Back Fee

  4. Backspread

  5. Bailard, Biehl And Kaiser Five-Way Model

  6. Bear Call Spread

  7. Bear Put Spread

  8. Bear Spread

  9. Bear Straddle

  10. Box Spread

  11. Bull Call Spread

  12. Bull Put Spread

  13. Bull Spread

  14. Bullet Trade

  15. Butterfly Spread

  16. Buy A Spread

  17. Calendar Spread

  18. Call Ratio Backspread

  19. Collar

  20. Collar Agreement

  21. Condor Spread

  22. Contingent Order

  23. Conversion Arbitrage

  24. Covered Call

  25. Covered Combination

  26. Covered Straddle

  27. Credit Spread

  28. Death Put

  29. Debit Spread

  30. Delta Hedging

  31. Delta Neutral

  32. Delta Spread

  33. Diagonal Spread

  34. Dividend Arbitrage

  35. Double One-Touch Option

  36. Fence (Options)

  37. Fiduciary Call

  38. Fixed Dollar Value Collar

  39. FMAN

  40. Forex Hedge

  41. Forex Option & Currency Trading Options

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  43. Front Fee

  44. Gut Spread

  45. Heston Model

  46. Horizontal Spread

  47. Implied Volatility - IV

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  49. Iron Butterfly

  50. Iron Condor

  51. Leg

  52. Leg Out

  53. Long Jelly Roll

  54. Long Leg

  55. Long Put

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  58. Married Put

  59. Modidor

  60. Multi Index Option

  61. Multi-Leg Options Order

  62. Naked Call

  63. Naked Put

  64. Negative Butterfly

  65. Net Option Premium

  66. Neutral

  67. Option Premium

  68. Outright Option

  69. Overwrite

  70. Overwriting

  71. Positive Butterfly

  72. Protective Put

  73. Put

  74. Put Calendar

  75. Put Ratio Backspread

  76. Ratio Call Write

  77. Ratio Spread

  78. Reverse Calendar Spread

  79. Reverse Conversion

  80. Risk Reversal

  81. Roll Down

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  84. Seagull Option

  85. Sell To Open

  86. Series 4

  87. Short Leg

  88. Short Straddle

  89. Straddle

  90. Strangle

  91. Swing Option

  92. Synthetic Dividend

  93. Variable Ratio Write

  94. VIX Option

  95. Writing An Option

  96. Zero Cost Collar

  97. Zomma

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