Monday, June 29, 2009

ABT - New Position

A new dividend position was established today on Abbott Laboratories (ABT). The following is the trade information, including IB commissions:

29-Jun-09 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 ABT @ 47.77
29-Jun-09 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Jul09 47.00 Call @ 1.37
15-Aug-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.40

Abbott Laboratories is a fundamentally solid wide moat company, with 10 consecutive years of positive cash flow, and 36 consecutive years of dividend increases. They declared a quarterly dividend on 6/12 of $0.40, with ex-dividend date on 7/15, payable on 8/15.

I analyzed doing either a covered call (CC) or a cash secured put (CSP) and decided to do the CC trade to capture the dividend, since it had a slightly better profit than the CSP.

Summary without the dividend if called early the day before Ex-Dividend date:

Stock Investment: $4,777.00
Income Generated: $137.00
Percent Income Generated: 2.87%
Annualized Income Generated: 65.42%
Net Profit If Called: $60.00
Percent Return If Called: 1.26%
Annualized Return If Called: 28.65%
Days Held to Ex-Dividend Date: 16 days

Summary with the dividend if called at option expiration:

Stock Investment: $4,777.00
Income Generated: $177.00
Percent Income Generated: 3.71%
Annualized Income Generated: 75.13%
Net Profit If Called: $100.00
Percent Return If Called: 2.09%
Annualized Return If Called: 42.45%
Days Held to Expiration: 18 days

Dividend Information:

Ex-Dividend Date: 07/15/09
Dividend Pay Date: 08/15/09
Dividend Rate: $1.60 ($0.40/quarter)
Dividend Yield on Cost: 3.35%

Thursday, June 25, 2009

NSC - New Position

A new position was established today on Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC). The following is the trade information, including IB commissions:

25-Jun-09 - Initial Put Option - STO 1 Jul09 38.00 Put @ 1.10
25-Jun-09 - Cash to Secure Put - CSP 100 NSC @ 38.00

Norfolk Southern Corp is a fundamentally solid narrow moat company, with 8 out of 10 years of positive cash flow, and 7 consecutive years of dividend increases.

I analyzed doing either a covered call (CC) or a cash secured put (CSP) and decided to do the CSP, since it had a slightly better profit than the CC.

Cash to Secure Put: $3,800.00
Income Generated: $110.00
Percent Income Generated: 2.89%
Annualized Income Generated: 48.03%
Net Profit If Expired: $110.00
Percent Return If Expired: 2.89%
Annualized Return If Expired: 48.03%
Days Held to Expiration: 22 days

COP - New Position

A new position was established today on ConocoPhillips (COP). The following is the trade information, including IB commissions:

25-Jun-09 - Initial Put Option - STO 1 Jul09 41.00 Put @ 1.14
25-Jun-09 - Cash to Secure Put - CSP 100 COP @ 41.00

ConocoPhillips is a fundamentally solid narrow moat company, with 10 consecutive years of positive cash flow, and 8 consecutive years of dividend increases.

I analyzed doing either a covered call (CC) or a cash secured put (CSP) and decided to do the CSP, since it had a slightly better profit than the CC.

Cash to Secure Put: $4,100.00
Income Generated: $114.25
Percent Income Generated: 2.79%
Annualized Income Generated: 46.23%
Net Profit If Expired: $114.25
Percent Return If Expired: 2.79%
Annualized Return If Expired:
Days Held to Expiration: 22 days

CAT - New Position

A new dividend position was established today on Caterpillar (CAT). The following is the trade information, including IB commissions:

25-Jun-09 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 CAT @ 34.28 -
25-Jun-09 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Jul09 34.00 Call @ 1.46 -
20-Aug-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.42 -

Caterpillar is a fundamentally solid wide moat company, with 9 out of 10 years of positive cash flow, and 15 consecutive years of dividend increases. They declared a quarterly dividend on 6/10 of $0.42, with ex-dividend date on 7/16, payable on 8/20.

I analyzed doing either a covered call (CC) or a cash secured put (CSP) and decided to do the CC trade to capture the dividend, since it had a slightly better profit than the CSP.

Summary without the dividend if called early the day before Ex-Dividend date:

Stock Investment: $3,428.00
Income Generated: $146.00
Percent Income Generated: 4.26%
Annualized Income Generated: 77.73%
Net Profit If Called: $118.00
Percent Return If Called: 3.44%
Annualized Return If Called: 62.82%
Days Held to Ex-Dividend Date: 20 days

Summary with the dividend if called at option expiration:

Stock Investment: $3,428.00
Income Generated: $188.00
Percent Income Generated: 5.48%
Annualized Income Generated: 90.99%
Net Profit If Called: $160.00
Percent Return If Called: 4.67%
Annualized Return If Called: 77.44%
Days Held to Ex-Dividend Date: 22 days

Dividend Information:

Ex-Dividend Date: 07/16/09
Dividend Pay Date: 08/20/09
Dividend Rate: $1.68 ($0.42/per quarter)
Dividend Yield on Cost: 4.90%

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

VMC - Adjustment

The following adjustment was made today on Vulcan Materials (VMC):

24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jul09 50.00 Call @ 0.35 -

Current Position Summary:

Stock Investment: $16,005.00
Income Generated: $1,720.40
Percent Income Generated: 10.75%
Annualized Income Generated: 9.25%
Net Profit If Called: -$4,284.60
Percent Return If Called: -26.77%
Annualized Return If Called: -23.05%
Days Held to Expiration: 424 days

Trade History:

19-May-08 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 VMC @ 83.94 -
19-May-08 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Jun08 85.00 Call @ 3.09 - Expired
10-Jun-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.49 -
07-Jul-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Aug08 65.00 Call @ 0.85 - Closed
14-Aug-08 - Buy Back and Roll Out/Up - BTC 1 Aug08 65.00 Call @ -4.50 -
13-Aug-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Nov08 70.00 Call @ 6.80 - Expired
10-Sep-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.49 -
24-Nov-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Dec08 55.00 Call @ 0.99 - Closed
09-Dec-08 - Buy Back and Roll Out/Up - BTC 1 Dec08 55.00 Call @ -21.41 -
09-Dec-08 - Second Stock Position - BTO 100 VMC @ 76.11 -
09-Dec-08 - Combined Cost Basis - $16,005.00 200 @ 80.03 -
09-Dec-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 May09 80.00 Call @ 10.31 - Closed
10-Dec-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.49 -
12-Feb-09 - Buy Back and Roll In/Down - BTC 2 May09 80.00 Call @ -0.14 -
12-Feb-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Mar09 55.00 Call @ 0.54 - Expired
10-Mar-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 200 Dividend @ 0.49 -
24-Mar-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 May09 45.00 Call @ 2.21 - Closed
04-May-09 - Buy Back and Roll Out - BTC 2 May09 45.00 Call @ -5.80 -
04-May-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jun09 45.00 Call @ 6.50 - Expired
10-Jun-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 200 Dividend @ 0.49 -
24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jul09 50.00 Call @ 0.35 -

USB - Adjustment

The following adjustment was made today on US Bancorp (USB):

24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Aug09 20.00 Call @ 0.49 -

Current Position Summary:

Stock Investment: $3,494.00
Income Generated: $749.30
Percent Income Generated: 21.45%
Annualized Income Generated: 15.23%
Net Profit If Called: -$744.70
Percent Return If Called: -21.31%
Annualized Return If Called: -15.14%
Days Held to Expiration: 514 days

Trade History:

25-Mar-08 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 USB @ 34.94 -
25-Mar-08 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 May08 35.00 Call @ 1.39 - Expired
15-Apr-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.43 -
22-May-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Jun08 35.00 Call @ 0.28 - Expired
07-Jul-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Aug08 32.50 Call @ 0.14 - Expired
15-Jul-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.43 -
22-Aug-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Sep08 32.50 Call @ 0.59 - Closed
12-Sep-08 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Up - BTC 1 Sep08 32.50 Call @ -1.76 -
12-Sep-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Dec08 35.00 Call @ 2.19 - Expired
15-Oct-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.43 -
22-Dec-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Feb09 30.00 Call @ 0.50 - Closed
15-Jan-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.43 -
23-Jan-09 - Buy Back and Roll Down - BTC 1 Feb09 30.00 Call @ -0.06 -
23-Jan-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Feb09 17.50 Call @ 0.59 - Expired
24-Feb-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Mar09 15.00 Call @ 0.24 - Expired
24-Mar-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 May09 20.00 Call @ 0.60 - Expired
15-Apr-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.05 -
18-May-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jun09 21.00 Call @ 0.55 - Expired
24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Aug09 20.00 Call @ 0.49 -

UPS - Adjustment

The following adjustment was made today on United Parcel Service (UPS):

24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jul09 50.00 Call @ 0.65 -

Current Position Summary:

Stock Investment: $7,193.00
Income Generated: $1,186.60
Percent Income Generated: 16.50%
Annualized Income Generated: 7.41%
Net Profit If Called: -$1,006.40
Percent Return If Called: -13.99%
Annualized Return If Called: -6.28%
Days Held to Expiration: 813 days

Trade History:

26-Apr-07 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 UPS @ 71.93 - VICC
26-Apr-07 - Continued Trade - STO 1 May07 75.00 Call @ 0.10 - Expired
21-May-07 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Jul07 75.00 Call @ 0.39 - Closed
05-Jun-07 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.42 -
18-Jul-07 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Up - BTC 1 Jul07 75.00 Call @ -0.56 -
18-Jul-07 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Oct07 80.00 Call @ 0.89 -
24-Oct-07 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Dec07 80.00 Call @ 0.35 - Expired
10-Jan-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Apr08 75.00 Call @ 1.31 - Expired
04-Mar-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.45 -
24-Apr-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Jun08 75.00 Call @ 0.94 - Expired
03-Jun-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.45 -
07-Jul-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Aug08 65.00 Call @ 0.56 - Closed
15-Aug-08 - Buy Back and Roll Out - BTC 1 Aug08 65.00 Call @ -1.53 -
15-Aug-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Sep08 65.00 Call @ 2.62 -
15-Aug-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Sep08 65.00 Call @ 2.62 - Closed
09-Sep-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.45 -
12-Sep-08 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Up - BTC 1 Sep08 65.00 Call @ -3.91 -
12-Sep-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Jan09 70.00 Call @ 3.59 - Expired
03-Dec-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.45 -
22-Jan-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Mar09 55.00 Call @ 0.59 - Expired
10-Mar-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.45 -
24-Mar-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Apr09 50.00 Call @ 0.85 - Closed
13-Apr-09 - Buy Back & Roll Out - BTC 1 Apr09 50.00 Call @ -4.00 -
13-Apr-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 May09 50.00 Call @ 4.89 - Closed
04-May-09 - Buy Back and Roll Out - BTC 1 May09 50.00 Call @ -4.40 -
04-May-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jun09 50.00 Call @ 4.99 - Expired
03-Jun-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.45 -
24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jul09 50.00 Call @ 0.65 -

TLT - Adjustment

The following adjustment was made today on iShares Trust Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT):

24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 3 Jul09 96.00 Call @ 0.64 -

Current Position Summary:

Stock Investment: $33,620.95
Income Generated: $2,522.46
Percent Income Generated: 7.50%
Annualized Income Generated: 13.23%
Net Profit If Called: -$2,298.49
Percent Return If Called: -6.84%
Annualized Return If Called: -12.05%
Days Held to Expiration: 207 days

Trade History:

22-Dec-08 - First Stock Position - BTO 100 TLT @ 121.03 -
22-Dec-08 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Jan09 121.00 Call @ 3.39 - Expired
02-Jan-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.41 -
20-Jan-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Feb09 113.00 Call @ 1.39 - Expired
24-Feb-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Mar09 110.00 Call @ 1.09 - Expired
22-Jan-09 - Second Stock Position - BTO 100 TLT @ 108.96 -
22-Jan-09 - Combined Cost Basis - $22,998.95 200 @ 114.99 -
22-Jan-09 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Feb09 109.00 Call @ 2.84 - Expired
06-Feb-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 200 Dividend @ 0.29 -
24-Feb-09 - Third Stock Position - BTO 100 TLT @ 106.22 -
24-Feb-09 - Combined Cost Basis - $33,620.95 300 @ 112.07 -
24-Feb-09 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Mar09 106.00 Call @ 2.59 -
06-Mar-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 300 Dividend @ 0.28 -
24-Mar-09 - Interim Trade - STO 3 Apr09 105.00 Call @ 0.79 - Expired
07-Apr-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 300 Dividend @ 0.30 -
07-May-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 300 Dividend @ 0.30 -
15-May-09 - Interim Trade - STO 3 Jun09 100.00 Call @ 1.09 - Closed
05-Jun-09 - Buy Back and Roll Down - BTC 3 Jun09 100.00 Call @ -0.06 -
05-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 3 Jun09 94.00 Call @ 0.29 -
05-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 3 Jun09 94.00 Call @ 0.29 - Expired
05-Jun-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 300 Dividend @ 0.31 -
24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 3 Jul09 96.00 Call @ 0.64 -

SNDK - Adjustment

The following adjustment was made today on Sandisk (SNDK):

24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jul09 16.00 call @ 0.32 -

Current Position Summary:

Stock Investment: $10,854.00
Income Generated: $4,252.70
Percent Income Generated: 39.18
Annualized Income Generated: 12.12%
Net Profit If Called: -$3,401.30
Percent Return If Called: -31.34%
Annualized Return If Called: -9.69%
Days Held to Expiration: 1180 days

Trade History:

24-Apr-06 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 SNDK @ 59.56 -
24-Apr-06 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Jul06 57.50 Call @ 7.09 - Closed
06-Jul-06 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Down - BTC 1 Jul06 57.50 Call @ -0.16 -
06-Jul-06 - Second Stock Position - BTO 100 SNDK @ 48.98 -
06-Jul-06 - Combined Cost Basis - $10,854.00 200 @ 54.27 -
06-Jul-06 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Oct06 55.00 Call @ 3.39 - Expired
23-Oct-06 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Jan07 55.00 Call @ 2.14 - Closed
19-Dec-06 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Down - BTC 2 Jan07 55.00 Call @ -0.16 -
19-Dec-06 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Feb07 50.00 Call @ 1.69 - Closed
06-Feb-07 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Down - BTC 2 Feb07 50.00 Call @ -0.06 -
06-Feb-07 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Apr07 45.00 Call @ 1.39 - Expired
27-Apr-07 - Interim Trade - STO 2 May07 45.00 Call @ 0.84 - Expired
21-May-07 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jun07 45.00 Call @ 0.98 - Closed
15-Jun-07 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Up - BTC 2 Jun07 45.00 Call @ -1.46 -
15-Jun-07 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Oct07 50.00 Call @ 2.60 - Expired
22-Oct-07 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Nov07 45.00 Call @ 1.64 - Expired
20-Nov-07 - Continued Trade - STO 2 Dec07 40.00 Call @ 0.67 - Expired
14-Jan-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Feb08 35.00 Call @ 0.85 - Expired
21-Feb-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Mar08 30.00 Call @ 0.24 - Expired
25-Mar-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 May08 25.00 Call @ 0.74 - Expired
29-Apr-08 - Buy Back & Roll Out/Up - BTC 2 May08 25.00 Call @ -2.35 -
29-Apr-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jul08 30.00 Call @ 1.38 - Expired
24-Jul-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Oct08 20.00 Call @ 0.31 - Expired
24-Jul-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Oct08 17.50 Call @ 0.65 - Expired
20-Oct-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Nov08 18.00 Call @ 1.16 - Expired
24-Nov-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Dec08 8.00 Call @ 0.27 - Closed
12-Nov-08 - Buy Back and Roll Out/Up - BTC 2 Dec08 8.00 Call @ -2.01 -
11-Dec-08 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jan09 11.00 Call @ 1.13 - Closed
16-Jan-09 - Buy Back - BTC 2 Jan09 11.00 Call @ -1.05 -
22-Jan-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Feb09 13.00 Call @ 0.81 - Expired
24-Feb-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Mar09 11.00 Call @ 0.22 - Expired
24-Mar-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Apr09 14.00 Call @ 0.67 - Closed
17-Apr-09 - Buy Back and Roll Out - BTC 2 Apr09 14.00 Call @ -1.05 -
17-Apr-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 May08 15.00 Call @ 1.53 - Closed
04-May-09 - Buy Back and Roll Out - BTC 2 May08 15.00 Call @ -1.50 -
04-May-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jun09 15.00 call @ 2.25 - Expired
24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 2 Jul09 16.00 call @ 0.32 -

LLY - Adjustment

The following adjustment was made today on Eli Lilly (LLY):

24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jul09 35.00 Call @ 0.29 -

Current Position Summary:

Stock Investment: $5,003.00
Income Generated: $879.30
Percent Income Generated: 17.58%
Annualized Income Generated: 14.55%
Net Profit If Called: -$623.70
Percent Return If Called: -12.47%
Annualized Return If Called: -10.32%
Days Held to Expiration: 441 days

Trade History:

02-May-08 - Initial Stock Position - BTO 100 LLY @ 49.71 - Called
02-May-08 - Initial Call Option - STO 1 Jun08 50.00 Call @ 1.29 - Expired
10-Jun-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.47 -
07-Jul-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Aug08 50.00 Call @ 0.29 - Expired
22-Aug-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Sep08 50.00 Call @ 0.32 - Expired
10-Sep-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.47 -
23-Sep-08 - Continued Trade - STO 1 Oct08 50.00 Call @ 0.40 - Expired
20-Oct-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Nov08 40.00 Call @ 0.19 - Expired
24-Nov-08 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jan09 40.00 Call @ 0.39 - Expired
10-Dec-08 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.47 -
29-Jan-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Mar09 40.00 Call @ 0.90 - Expired
10-Mar-09 - Dividend Received - DIV 100 Dividend @ 0.49 -
24-Mar-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Apr09 35.00 Call @ 0.74 - Expired
21-Apr-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 May09 35.00 Call @ 0.49 - Exercised
13-May-09 - Option Exercised - EX 1 May09 35.00 Call @ 35.00 -
13-May-09 - Repurchase Stock Position - BTO 100 LLY @ 35.32 -
13-May-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jun09 35.00 Call @ 1.59 - Expired
24-Jun-09 - Interim Trade - STO 1 Jul09 35.00 Call @ 0.29 -