Thursday, October 8, 2009

PSUN - Adjustment




The following adjustment was made today on Pacific Sunwear (PSUN). All prices include IB commissions.






DateStockDescriptionTransactionStatusStock InvestmentIncome Generated
10/8/2009PSUNInterim TradeSTO 4 Mar10 7.50 Call @ 0.44  $177.20


PSUN is my second oldest position and not one of my better stock picks. I bought this back in 2005, before I switched to a value investing approach, at a price near it's historical high. I averaged down once when it originally started to decline, and then watched it drop about 95% to a low around $1.25, making this my worst investment to date. It got to a point where closing it or holding it just didn't matter, so I'm still holding it. I've recovered about 22% of my original investment so far, and have an annualized income of 5%, which still beats holding cash in a money market account. Will PSUN ever recover? Who knows? But as long as they don't go out of business or get acquired, I'll continue to hold it and squeeze as much option premiun out of it as I can, and look for an opportunity to get out at a decent price.

Current Position Summary












Stock Investment$9,108.00
Income Generated$1,997.00
Percent Income Generated21.93%
Annualized Income Generated5.07%
Net Profit If Called-$4,111.00
Percent Return If Called-45.14%
Annualized Return If Called-10.43%
Days Held to Expiration1579 days


Trade History





























DateStockDescriptionTransactionStatusStock InvestmentIncome Generated
11/21/2005PSUNInitial Stock PositionBTO 200 PSUN @ 26.39 ($5,277.00) 
11/21/2005PSUNInitial Call OptionSTO 2 Dec05 25.00 Call @ 1.84Expired $368.50
12/20/2005PSUNContinued TradeSTO 2 Jan06 25.00 Call @ 0.69Expired $138.50
1/23/2006PSUNContinued TradeSTO 2 Mar06 25.00 Call @ 0.74Expired $148.50
3/20/2006PSUNContinued TradeSTO 2 Jun06 25.00 Call @ 0.64Expired $128.50
6/26/2006PSUNSecond Stock PositionBTO 200 PSUN @ 19.16 ($3,831.00) 
6/26/2006PSUNCombined Cost Basis$9,108.00 400 @ 22.77   
6/26/2006PSUNContinued TradeSTO 4 Dec06 22.50 Call @ 0.69Closed $277.00
9/18/2006PSUNBuy Back & Roll Out/DownBTC 4 Dec06 22.50 Call @ -0.16  ($63.00)
9/18/2006PSUNInterim TradeSTO 4 Jan07 17.50 Call @ 0.54Closed $217.00
12/18/2006PSUNBuy Back & Roll Out/UpBTC 4 Jan07 17.50 Call @ -3.01  ($1,203.00)
12/18/2006PSUNContinued TradeSTO 4 Jan09 22.50 Call @ 3.69Closed $1,477.00
1/7/2008PSUNBuy Back BTC 4 Jan09 22.50 Call @ -0.61  ($242.80)
1/24/2008PSUNInterim TradeSTO 4 Jun08 12.50 Call @ 0.74Closed $297.20
5/22/2008PSUNBuy Back & Roll OutBTC 4 Jun08 12.50 Call @ -0.11  ($42.80)
5/22/2008PSUNInterim TradeSTO 4 Jul08 12.50 Call @ 0.23Expired $93.20
7/22/2008PSUNInterim TradeSTO 2 Jan09 12.50 Call @ 0.32Expired $64.60
7/22/2008PSUNInterim TradeSTO 2 Sep08 10.00 Call @ 0.31Closed $62.60
9/12/2008PSUNBuy Back & Roll OutBTC 2 Sep08 10.00 Call @ -0.04  ($7.00)
9/12/2008PSUNInterim TradeSTO 2 Jan09 10.00 Call @ 0.14Expired $28.60
4/21/2009PSUNInterim TradeSTO 4 Jun09 5.00 Call @ 0.19Expired $77.20
10/8/2009PSUNInterim TradeSTO 4 Mar10 7.50 Call @ 0.44  $177.20
3/19/2010PSUN Totals ($9,108.00)$1,997.00
DTE1579 Percent Income/Annualized 21.93%5.07%