What is the meaning of Discount Arbitrage?

Discount Arbitrage is a riskless arbitrage in which a discount option is purchased and an opposite position is taken in the underlying security. The arbitrageur may either buy a call at a discount and simultaneously sell the underlying security (basic call arbitrage) or may buy a put at a discount and simultaneously buy the underlying security (basic put arbitrage). See also Discount.

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APABarry Goldsmith. (2010). discount arbitrage. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/discount_arbitrage/definitions/1152108
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