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Even and Odd Stock Splits: Understanding Contract Adjustments

Even and Odd Stock Splits: Understanding Contract Adjustments

Dec 5, 2020 | Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Options Calculations, Options Trade Execution, Stock Option Strategies

Contract adjustments to the terms of our covered call writing and put-selling options are due to corporate actions like mergers and acquisitions (see the thread on last week’s blog commentary regarding AAN), special dividends and stock splits. Stock splits fall...
Anatomy of a Reverse Stock Split

Anatomy of a Reverse Stock Split

Oct 10, 2020 | Fundamental Analysis, Investment Basics, Option Trading Basics, Stock Option Strategies

Option contracts can be standard or adjusted. Certain corporate events may change standard option contracts to adjusted contracts. These events include stock splits, mergers, acquisitions, special dividends, spin-offs and reverse splits. After these events, options...

Stock Splits and their Impact on our Option Contracts

Oct 15, 2011 | Option Trading Basics

Definition  A stock split is a change in the number of shares outstanding (in circulation). The number of shares is adjusted by the split ratio, e.g. 3 to 1. In this case, 100 shares splits to 300 shares, however the share price is cut in third. Thus, the cost and...

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