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dividend arbitrage

A low risk hedge technique used by options traders to generate additional income from a short term transaction involving a high yielding dividend stock. Owning both the shares and the proportionate number of options on a dividend paying stock, the trader receives both the dividend payment and the income from the sale of the options.

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