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Long stock, short call + long put. Alternatively long stock + short ITM call. This is the riskier version as the buyer of your option can exersice before you get your dividend money. But if the call has time value its not a big deal.

You can pay for the put by selling a call. I have found it easier to just sell a deep ITM call instead, as long as it has some time value. Dividend arbitrage is possible, but very time consuming and the profits arn't really that large after comissions, spreads etc. If someone knows of a good...