Mount vs. Straddle — What's the Difference?

To climb or ascend

In finance, a straddle strategy refers to two transactions that share the same security, with positions that offset one another. One holds long risk, the other short.

To place oneself upon; get up on

To stand or sit with a leg on each side of; bestride

To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.

To be on both sides of; extend over or across

To furnish with a horse for riding.

To appear to favor both sides of (an issue).

To set on a horse

To fire shots behind and in front of (a target) in order to determine the range.

To set in a raised position

To walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart, especially to sit astride.

To fix securely to a support

To spread out in a disorderly way; sprawl.

To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study

To appear to favor both sides of an issue.

To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production

To place a bet in poker before the cards are dealt that is twice the amount of the big blind when one is immediately to the left of the big blind.

To organize and equip

The act or posture of sitting astride.

To prepare and set in motion

An equivocal or a noncommittal position.

To set in position for use

The simultaneous purchase or sale of a call option and a put option with the same strike price and expiration date as a means of speculating on the degree of price change in the underlying asset.

To carry as equipment

The bet made when straddling in poker.

To post (a guard).

(transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.

To go upward; rise

(transitive) To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.

(transitive) To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.

To increase in amount, extent, or intensity

(transitive) To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.

The act or manner of mounting.

(military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).

A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.

(poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).

An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.

(intransitive) To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

A glass slide for use with a microscope.

(economy) To execute a commodities market spread.

A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.

A posture in which one straddles something.

A setting for a jewel.

(military) A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.

An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.

(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.

Abbr. Mt. A mountain or hill. Used especially as part of a proper name.

(poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.

Any of the seven fleshy cushions around the edges of the palm of the hand in palmistry.

(mining) A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.

A hill or mountain.

Astride.

(palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

(obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.

To stand with the ends staggered; - said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

(obsolete) A bank; a fund.

To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

(heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.

The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.

An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on (unlike a draught horse).

The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.

A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.

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.

A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.

A noncommittal or equivocal position

(obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.

A gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the parallel bars

A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.

The act of sitting or standing astride

A signal for mounting a horse.

The option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options

(martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.

Sit or stand astride of

(transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.

Range or extend over; occupy a certain area;

(transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.

Be noncommittal

(transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.

To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

To sit on a combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.

To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.

(transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.

To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.

To increase in quantity or intensity.

(obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).

(transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.

(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with someone.

(transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.

To deploy (cannon) for use.

(transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).

(cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; - used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.

A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.

A bank; a fund.

Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus.

That upon which a person or thing is mounted

The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.

To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; - often with up.

To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.

To attain in value; to amount.

To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon.

To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.

To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses.

Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame

To raise aloft; to lift on high.

A lightweight horse kept for riding only

The act of climbing something;

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place;

Something forming a back that is added for strengthening

Attach to a support;

Go up or advance;

Fix onto a backing, setting, or support;

Put up or launch;

Get on the back of;

Go upward with gradual or continuous progress;

Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance;

Copulate with;