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• TRUNCATED DISTRIBUTION
  
  Is a distribution which has the graphical appearance of being cut or severed. The distribution can be normal, lognormal or some other process. Often, truncated distributions are shown for option related strategies. This is due to the fact that a put purchased against a portfolio would limit the downside returns or effectively cutoff losses past the strike, or effective strike, level.
  
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