Jim White has sold short 100 shares of Super Stores at a price of $42 per share.

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Jim White has sold short 100 shares of Super Stores at a price of $42 per share. He has also simultaneously placed a “good-till-cancelled, stop 50, limit 55 buy” order. Assume that if the stop condition specified by White is satisfied and the order becomes valid, it will get executed. Excluding transaction costs, what is the maximum possible loss that White can have?

A. $800.

B. $1,300.

C. Unlimited.

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