New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
XLB	$51.94	P	$51.50	2/17/2017	11	$5,150.00	$29.90	0.58%	19.26%
XLE	$72.78	P	$72.00	2/17/2017	11	$7,200.00	$46.41	0.64%	21.39%
XLI	$63.70	P	$63.00	2/17/2017	11	$6,300.00	$27.90	0.44%	14.69%
XLK	$50.72	P	$50.50	2/17/2017	11	$5,050.00	$25.00	0.50%	16.43%
XLP	$52.72	P	$52.50	2/17/2017	11	$5,250.00	$20.90	0.40%	13.21%
XLU	$48.80	P	$48.50	2/17/2017	11	$4,850.00	$31.00	0.64%	21.21%
XLV	$71.50	P	$71.00	2/17/2017	11	$7,100.00	$33.00	0.46%	15.42%
XLY	$84.24	P	$84.00	2/17/2017	11	$8,400.00	$46.90	0.56%	18.53%
Totals						$49,300.00	$261.01	0.53%	17.57%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

Since I haven't been able to devote any time to analyzing individual companies I've decided to start trading sector ETF's. I chose sector ETF's over SPY for a few reasons. 1) SPY is priced too high at over $200/share, 2) Sector ETF's are priced within my price limits, and 3) Sector ETF's have cycles and seasonality that can move independently from SPY.

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
XLB	$50.66	P	$49.50	1/27/2017	21	$4,950.00	$21.91	0.44%	7.69%
XLE	$76.03	P	$73.50	1/27/2017	21	$7,350.00	$36.91	0.50%	8.73%
XLI	$63.17	P	$62.00	1/27/2017	21	$6,200.00	$31.91	0.51%	8.95%
XLK	$49.42	P	$48.50	1/27/2017	21	$4,850.00	$26.91	0.55%	9.64%
XLP	$52.11	P	$51.50	1/27/2017	21	$5,150.00	$24.91	0.48%	8.41%
XLU	$48.87	P	$47.50	1/27/2017	21	$4,750.00	$20.91	0.44%	7.65%
XLV	$70.99	P	$69.50	1/27/2017	21	$6,950.00	$34.91	0.50%	8.73%
XLY	$83.33	P	$82.00	1/27/2017	21	$8,200.00	$44.91	0.55%	9.52%
Totals						$48,400.00	$243.28	0.50%	8.74%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
ADI	$60.73	P	$55.00	11/18/2016	36	$5,500.00	$40.92	0.74%	7.54%
DE	$86.40	P	$77.50	11/18/2016	36	$7,750.00	$30.92	0.40%	4.05%
MO	$62.76	P	$60.00	10/28/2016	15	$6,000.00	$20.92	0.35%	8.48%
XLE	$70.21	P	$65.00	11/4/2016	22	$6,500.00	$21.92	0.34%	5.59%
XLK	$47.24	P	$45.50	11/4/2016	22	$4,550.00	$19.92	0.44%	7.26%
YUM	$89.66	P	$84.00	10/28/2016	15	$8,400.00	$26.92	0.32%	7.80%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
ADM	$41.86	P	$40.00	10/28/2016	30	$4,000.00	$29.00	0.73%	8.82%
CL	$73.57	P	$70.00	10/28/2016	30	$7,000.00	$30.00	0.43%	5.21%
TGT	$67.85	P	$64.00	10/28/2016	30	$6,400.00	$26.00	0.41%	4.94%
TIF	$71.14	P	$65.50	10/28/2016	30	$6,550.00	$24.00	0.37%	4.46%
WMT	$71.74	P	$68.00	10/28/2016	30	$6,800.00	$28.00	0.41%	5.01%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
KO	$43.24	P	$42.50	9/30/2016	31	$4,250.00	$35.00	0.82%	9.70%
MSFT	$57.89	P	$56.50	9/30/2016	31	$5,650.00	$43.00	0.76%	8.96%
PG	$87.54	P	$86.00	9/30/2016	31	$8,600.00	$76.00	0.88%	10.41%
TIF	$71.98	P	$69.00	9/16/2016	17	$6,900.00	$47.00	0.68%	14.62%
YUM	$90.78	P	$88.50	9/16/2016	17	$8,850.00	$57.00	0.64%	13.83%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
ABC	$88.17	P	$85.00	9/16/2016	23	$8,500.00	$40.92	0.48%	7.64%
ADM	$43.26	P	$41.00	9/23/2016	30	$4,100.00	$31.92	0.78%	9.47%
CL	$74.26	P	$72.50	9/23/2016	30	$7,250.00	$47.92	0.66%	8.04%
DE	$87.39	P	$83.00	9/23/2016	30	$8,300.00	$64.92	0.78%	9.52%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
LOW	$77.42	P	$73.50	9/23/2016	32	$7,350.00	$37.00	0.50%	6.04%
TGT	$70.45	P	$68.50	9/23/2016	32	$6,850.00	$80.00	1.17%	10.64%
VFC	$64.52	P	$62.50	9/16/2016	25	$6,250.00	$55.00	0.88%	14.93%
WMT	$72.81	P	$71.00	9/23/2016	32	$7,100.00	$62.00	0.87%	8.98%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
ABC	$88.62	P	$87.50	8/19/2016	10	$8,750.00	$61.92	0.71%	25.83%
CVS	$97.45	P	$96.00	8/26/2016	17	$9,600.00	$50.92	0.53%	11.39%
MSFT	$58.20	P	$57.00	8/26/2016	17	$5,700.00	$38.92	0.68%	14.66%
NSC	$89.25	P	$87.00	8/26/2016	17	$8,700.00	$69.91	0.80%	17.25%
PII	$95.75	P	$85.00	9/16/2016	38	$8,500.00	$55.00	0.65%	6.22%
YUM	$89.04	P	$86.50	8/26/2016	17	$8,650.00	$44.92	0.52%	11.15%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

New Position Summary

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
MON	$85.99	P	$80.00	2/19/2016	8	$8,000.00	$58.91	0.74%	33.60%
UTX	$85.02	P	$82.50	2/19/2016	8	$8,250.00	$71.91	0.87%	39.77%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.

Back with New Positions

I'm back after a 10 month hiatus. Work got extremely busy last year and I didn't have the time or energy to devote to my portfolio or this blog. I'm still busy at work but will try to find sometime to trade and post, hopefully monthly. It's very time consuming to post all the details of every trade and monthly returns, so going forward I'll only post a table of new positions as I enter them. I will not be posting followup trades or monthly returns. This will lessen the burden of maintaining this blog while hopefully still providing some useful information.

To make this portfolio easier to manage I've decided to focus on companies who've increased dividends for 10+ consecutive years. These are companies I'd like to own for the long term. To establish positions I'll sell Put options on these stocks, below Morningstar's Fair Value, where the Bid price is greater than or equal to the quarterly dividend. This will allow me to collect "synthetic" dividends every month until assigned, after which I'll hold the positions to collect the "real" dividends. This will require a lot less trading, since I'll only need to trade once a month to establish new positions if needed. If/when work gets less busy (wishful thinking) I'll revise this plan.

The following CSP positions were established today. All prices include IB commissions.

Stock	Price	Type	Strike	EXPDT	DTE	Invested	Income	ROI	AROI
AMP	$79.15	P	$75.00	2/19/2016	10	$7,500.00	$85.00	1.13%	58.84%
COP	$33.57	P	$28.00	2/19/2016	10	$2,800.00	$25.00	0.89%	35.21%
GPS	$23.29	P	$22.00	2/19/2016	10	$2,200.00	$27.00	1.23%	49.62%
TIF	$62.17	P	$59.00	2/19/2016	10	$5,900.00	$45.00	0.76%	34.59%
VFC	$56.63	P	$50.00	2/19/2016	10	$5,000.00	$35.00	0.70%	30.59%
WSM	$52.11	P	$50.00	2/19/2016	10	$5,000.00	$45.00	0.90%	43.73%

Definition of Terms

Price - Stock price when position was established.

Type - P=CSP (Cash Secured Put) and C=CC (Covered Call)

EXPDT - Expiration Date.

DTE - Days to expiration.

ROI - Return on Investment.

AROI - Annualized Return on Investment.