Question

All of the following will affect the counting of the holding period of ABC stock, a position that has been held for 6 months, EXCEPT:

Answer 1

A. selling ABC "short against the box"

B. buying an "in the money" ABC put contract

C. buying an "out the money" ABC put contract

D. selling an "out the money" ABC put contract

Answer: option D is correct

Explanation:

An exercise needs people to purchase more shares so in otherwise selling a put has no effect on holding so far it is a long term holding.