I think you missed his point completely. Suppose the shares are trading at $7.50 come December then a rational person with a small number of options would likely not convert them as they would instantly book a loss. Someone looking to buy a large holding (and remember there are over 2m options available) could feasibly buy the options on market (price at Dec would like be close to zero) and covert them at a relatively small premium - certainly compared to what that buyer would have to pay on market as any significant buying would quickly push the price way beyond $8.
I think you missed his point completely. Suppose the shares are...
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| Open | High | Low | Value | Volume |
| $19.00 | $19.00 | $18.80 | $61.81K | 3.274K |
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| No. | Vol. | Price($) |
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| 1 | 34 | $18.61 |
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| $18.94 | 116 | 2 |
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