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Option Strangle Strategies

The following are option strategies based on the strangle position (call option and put option with different strikes and same expiration) - plain long or short straddle, guts (where the order is strikes is reversed with put strike being higher), and their modifications:

A similar kind of option position is the straddle, where the call and the put have the same strike - see Option Straddle Strategies.