Why did Nick Leeson sell numerous short straddles for each long futures contract he bought?

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Leeson needed the revenues from these short straddles to meet the margin calls on his new futures trades and on existing trades that had lost value.

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A. efficiency B. coherence C. effectiveness D. accomplishment

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