
$10,000 Aggressive Covered Call Portfolio for 2008
This is a rolling portfolio and we will look at open positions
and make new trades using monies from called or get-out positions each month on expiration weekend.
See the details of all the covered call transactions in a particular
month click on that month below. A new window will open and you can see
just what happened with a particular transaction. Close that window to
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| Month | Value of Calls sold | Total Portfolio Value including Calls sold | Percentage Change in Total Value |
| January | $601 | $11,816 | +18.2% |
| February | $687 | $13,137 | +31.4% |
| March | $644 | $11,156 | +11.6% |
| April | $633 | $11,684 | +16.8% |
| May | $642 | $12,581 | +25.8% |
| June | $483 | $11,649 | +16.5% |
| July | $973 | $12,081 | +20.1% |
| August | $737 | $12,236 | +22.4% |
| September | $1,099 | $12,597 | +26.0% |
| October | $1,174 | $11,108 | +11.1% |
| November | $725 | $7,388 | (26.1%) |
| December | $914 | $9,290 |
(7.1%) NASDAQ down (42.3%) for the year |
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selections on expiration weekend.
On
January 19, 2008 (expiration weekend), Investment Enhancing Systems, Inc.
initiated a new $10,000 aggressive portfolio for 2008, This portfolio uses stocks identified in our Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider"
list by selecting buy/writes from the "Stocks
with high or negative PE ratios" list. We have set the money available to
$5,000 (the default value) and have reduced the commissions for purchasing the
stock to $9.95 and selling the calls to $9.95 plus $1.50 per contract in our parameters page. Several low cost,
on-line brokers offer these low commissions. Since it is an aggressive portfolio, we
keep the premium income and stock price appreciation to the strike price in the
portfolio. We update the portfolio each month on expiration weekend. Our objective is to
maintain and grow the portfolio. The table below lists
details of stocks bought and calls sold, and when we held the stock or exercised
our get-out price. Note: In all of our lists and
portfolios, we have established a get-out price which we exercise when the stock
price drops 15%. If this happens during the month, we will get-out and report
the sale of the stock and the buy-back of the calls at the next expiration
weekend postings. We anticipate good months and poor months, with a general
gain at year end. Patience usually wins. Because this portfolio is limited in
diversity, it will be much more difficult to realize the types of gains in our
larger portfolios.
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