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Short Call Synthetic Straddle Strategy Explainer Video

The Short Call Synthetic Straddle recreates the Short Straddle strategy by buying the underlying stock and selling enough at-the-money calls to cover twice the number of shares purchased. That is, for every 100 shares bought, 2 call contracts must be sold.

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