According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, options traders were expecting a large move in

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According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, options traders were expecting a large move in the price of Facebook stock. They were buying both call options and put options with strike prices near the stock’s current market price. The article described this strategy as a “bet on the size of the [price] move instead of its direction.” Briefly explain how this investment strategy would work.

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Money, Banking, and the Financial System

ISBN: 978-0134524061

3rd edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien

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