Strad″dle, n. 1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.
2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.
3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a “put” and a “call,” i.e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.