CRI - Closed

The CRI Apr09 20.00 call was exercised on Fri and the stock was called away for a profit.

This is a good example of a stock that declined by over 52% during the first year that I owned it. By averaging down and selling calls I lowered my cost basis and ended up with an 11.43% annualized return in about 2 years, even though the stock is still down over 18% from the initial purchase price.

The following is the trade history and returns, including IB commissions.

Covered Call Results

Stock Investment: $4,049.00
Income Generated: $896.20
Net Profit: $847.20
Percent Return: 20.92%
Annualized Return: 11.43%
Duration of Trade: 668 days

Trade History:

19-Jun-07 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 CRI @ 26.54 -
19-Jun-07 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Sep07 25.00 Call @ 2.99 - Expired
24-Sep-07 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Dec07 22.50 Call @ 0.69 - Expired
14-Jan-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Mar08 20.00 Call @ 0.49 - Expired
25-Mar-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Apr08 17.50 Call @ 0.24 - Expired
24-Apr-08 - Second Stock Position - BTO 100 CRI @ 13.95 -
24-Apr-08 - Combined Cost Basis - $4,049.00 200 @ 20.25 -
24-Apr-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Sep08 17.50 Call @ 0.64 - Closed
12-Sep-08 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Up - BTC 2 Sep08 17.50 Call @ -2.16 -
12-Sep-08 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Dec08 20.00 Call @ 1.60 - Expired
22-Dec-08 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Jan09 20.00 Call @ 0.76 - Expired
22-Jan-09 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Mar09 20.00 Call @ 0.84 - Expired
24-Mar-09 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Apr09 20.00 Call @ 0.58 - Exercised
17-Apr-09 - Option Exercised - EX 2 Apr09 20.00 Call @ 20.00 -