5.4 Long Straddles & Strangles

Long straddles and strangles. We will look at how market events such as earnings or news items can cause potential volatility in an asset and how we can use these strategies to take advantage of those events. We will discuss some semi-recent events such as the short squeeze on GME and big asset run ups in 2020 – 2021 to drive home the importance of these “home run” type strategies.