Iron Condor
Mechanics · 10 min

The strangle and the straddle

Two ways to buy or sell volatility itself. Direction-blind structures that pay on motion, not vector.

In this lesson

  • Straddle: one strike, both types
  • Strangle: different OTM strikes
  • When long premium volatility plays make sense
  • The IV crush trap
  • Short strangles and straddles

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