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You asked: what is a strangle

Strangle

A call and a put at different strikes, both out of the money, held or written together. It costs less than a straddle at the same expiry and needs a larger move before it is worth anything.

Mayawhat these words mean

Maya reads the desk’s written explainers and the glossary. She holds no market data at all, so she can say what a thing is and cannot say what it is doing today.