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An investor holds several unexecuted Good-’Til-Canceled (GTC) orders for a equity security currently trading at 50.00pershare.Theissuingcorporationdeclaresa50.00 per share. The issuing corporation declares a 0.60 cash dividend payable to shareholders of record. On the morning of the ex-dividend date, unless the customer has explicitly attached a 'Do Not Reduce' (DNR) qualifier to the order, which of the following open GTC orders will automatically be adjusted downward by the dividend amount?

  1. Buy Limit orders and Sell Stop orders placed below the current market priceCevap
  2. B
    Sell Limit orders and Buy Stop orders placed above the current market price
  3. C
    All open GTC orders regardless of whether they are placed above or below the current market price
  4. D
    Buy Limit orders only, because stop orders are automatically canceled upon reaching the ex-dividend date

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Buy Limit orders and Sell Stop orders placed below the current market price are automatically adjusted downward on the ex-dividend date unless marked 'Do Not Reduce' (DNR).
On the ex-dividend date, the stock price is automatically reduced by the amount of the cash dividend. To prevent open orders placed below the current market price from being triggered or executed accidentally due to this administrative price reduction, exchange rules automatically adjust Buy Limit and Sell Stop orders downward by the dividend amount unless the customer specifies 'Do Not Reduce' (DNR).

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1
Identify the market mechanics on the ex-dividend date.
On the morning of the ex-dividend date, the venue/exchange automatically reduces the stock's opening price by the amount of the cash dividend ($0.60).
The stock price drops to reflect the distribution of corporate assets (the cash dividend) to the seller of record.
2
Categorize open orders by their position relative to the market price.
Buy Limit and Sell Stop orders are placed BELOW the current market price (often remembered by the mnemonic BLiSS: Buy Limit / Sell Stop). Sell Limit and Buy Stop orders are placed ABOVE the current market price (SLoBS).
Orders below the market risk being inadvertently triggered or executed solely due to the automated dividend price drop.
3
Apply the ex-dividend adjustment rules.
Open GTC orders placed below the market (Buy Limit and Sell Stop) are reduced by $0.60 on the ex-dividend date unless marked DNR. Orders placed above the market remain unchanged.
Reducing orders below the market maintains their relative distance from the stock price and prevents improper execution.

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Ex-Dividend Order Adjustments (BLiSS Rule)
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Types of Orders and Order Execution Strategies