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Re: Options adjustment     30-Oct-09 09:07 am    
Normal dividends don't affect option prices, but special divys do. They will remain on the strike price - it won't go back to 80. Since you wrote a March, and DO typically does the $2 divy each quarter, you can expect another hit before expiration and an exercise price around 76.25 in March.
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