Learn how dividend arbitrage works to potentially earn risk-free profits by buying stock and put options pre-ex-dividend date. Discover the strategy, steps, and a profit example.

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician ...

Derivative contracts were born because of people’s innate desire to circumvent uncertainty. A derivative contract is a contract drawn up between two parties, the price of which is derived based on an ...