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To: WebDrone who wrote (8284)	4/22/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: SJS	Read Replies (1) of 42804

Richard, Deciding the underlying movement on the stock before building a strategy for options is one of the hardest things to do. From a straddle perspective, if you BUY a straddle (a put at 30, and a call at 30, for instance) you expect the stock to move big one way or another but are not sure which. If you sell a straddle(sell a put at 30, and sell a call at 30) then you expect the stock to trade INSIDE the range of 30 - (put premium+call premium) to 30 + (put premium+call premium). There are tons of other strategies, that may be appropriate, but you asked about straddles...

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