An investor owns a call option on XYZ that expires in three months and has a strike price of $$130$ per share. The current price of XYZ stock is $$125$ per share, and the current market price of the option is $31/8.$ Which of the following actions should the investor take, and why?

A$)$

Do not exercise the option, because the intrinsic value of the option $($$$128)$ is less than the strike price of the option $($$$130).$

B$)$

Exercise the option, because the market value of the option $($$$3)$ is above zero.

C$)$

Exercise the option, because the excess of the strike price over the market price would result in an immediate gain of $$5$ per share.

D$)$

Do not exercise the option, because the strike price exceeds the market price and the transaction would result in an immediate loss.