Ft 16200 Saturday June 22Nd 2019

[diac]

16d turn red, stumped by rising stock transaction (8) ?t?a?d?e . probably straddle as in to choke one's broker. no doubt by rising is darts and eld is east london district where the market is

[Captain2]

Stumped = ST + RADDLE = to colour with rouge/redden

verb
1. (transitive) mainly British
to paint (the face) with rouge

[Mamyalynne]

AlsoSTOCK MARKET
a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price, allowing the purchaser to make a profit whether the price of the security or commodity goes up or down.

Straddle

[Toorak]

Well done captain - I have been staring at this for ages :-)

[diac]

oh captain
.. i fear raddle's first name is simon not saint but thanks anyway

[Captain2]

I presume that's a joke diac - got me 'stumped' though ;0)))