A trader has a call option contract to sell 100 shares of a stock for a...

A trader has a call option contract to sell 100 shares of a stock for a strike price of $50. What is the effect on the terms of the contract of the following events?

(a) A $5 dividend being paid

(b) A 5-for-4 stock split

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A. cash dividend is always adjusted from the strike price so strike price will be deducted by the cash dividend and new strike price will be $45. (50-5)

B. In case of a stock split the number of stocks will be higher for the individual and the overall number of stock will increase to 125 (100*5/4) and the strike price will be coming down in order to adjust for increase in number of stroke and new strike price $40 (50*4/5)

C. in case of stock dividend, overall number of shares will be increasing and the stock price will be decreasing so the number of a stock will be 110 (100*11/10) and the strike price will be declining for adjustment in increase in the number of stocks . The new strike price will be 45.4545(50*10/11).

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