Taxpayers who hold virtual currency positions may be subject to the tax straddle rules that require them to defer losses on one offsetting position to the extent of unrecognized gain on other ...

Options strategies can seem complicated, but that's because they offer you a great deal of flexibility in tailoring your potential returns and risks to your specific needs. One interesting strategy ...

A straddle can be considered a volatility spread, as the trader who puts on the straddle is speculating on the volatility, or degree of movement of the underlying, not necessarily the direction of ...

An “identified straddle” is a straddle in which (1) all the original positions are acquired on the same day; (2) all positions are clearly identified in the investor’s records as being part of an ...

Basically, a “successor position” is a new straddle position that is acquired within 30 days before, or 30 days after, the original position was disposed of at a loss and that replaces that original ...

On August 2, 2013, the IRS issued temporary regulations (the "Temporary Regulations") relating to accrued gain or loss associated with a position that becomes part of section 1092(b)(2) identified ...