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$AMC short squeeze, gamma squeeze, Gamestop - $GME short squeeze education videos on stock options pricing Options Dividend - click here to access your PDF https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UeNgE2ttvj88KVGQIDyVhQeNnUAB5hc9/view Vertical debit bull stock options trading strategy. At&t long stock and stock options trading position. Options listed on stocks are affected by the payment of dividends, since holders of the underlying shares receive dividends but call and put holders do not receive these inflows. When the underlying stock goes ex-dividend, call options will decline and put options will increase in value as the stock price reflects the dividend to be paid. Holders of deep-in-the-money American-style calls may choose to exercise those options early prior to the ex-dividend date to capture the dividend payment owed to the underlying shares. The Black-Scholes formula is not well-equipped for fairly valuing American options on dividend-paying stocks. Stock Price Drop on Ex-dividend Date The record date is the cut-off day, set by the company, for receipt of a dividend. An investor must own the stock by that date to be eligible for the dividend. However, other rules also apply. If an investor buys the stock on the record date, the investor does not receive the dividend. This is because it takes two days for a stock transaction to settle, which is known as T+2. It takes time for the exchange to process the paperwork to settle the transaction. Therefore, the investor must own the stock before the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is, therefore, a crucial date. On the ex-dividend date, all else being equal, the price of the stock should drop by the amount of the dividend. This is because the company is forfeiting that money, so the company is now worth less because the money will soon be in the hands of someone else. In the real world, all else does not remain equal. While, theoretically, the stock should drop by the amount of the dividend, it could rise or fall even more since other factors are acting on the price, not just the dividend.