The Covered Call Analyzer

$10,000 Monitored Aggressive Portfolio Trades for April 2008

see below

 

This is a rolling portfolio and we will look at open positions and make new trades using monies from called positions each month on expiration weekend.

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  Call Premium Cost Balance
Balance from March: $1,169
From Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" for February 16, 2008 and putting $2,000 in the money available field      

100 shares of RMBS at $18.28 and sell 1 contracts of BNQ CD (Mar$20.00 ) at $0.95 expiring on 3/22/2008. Not called in March. Price at $17.67 and value at $2,014 at 3/17/2008. Will now sell Apr20 at $1.75. Called  on April 19, 2008 at $20.00. Proceeds $1,990 after commission.

    $3,159
From Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" for March 22, 2008 and putting $2,000 in the money available field      

100 shares of TSRA at $14.62 and sell 1 contracts of TJQ DW (Apr$17.50 ) at $1.25 expiring on 4/19/2008. Called  on April 19, 2008 at $17.50. Proceeds $1,740 after commission.

    $4,899

Buy 100 shares of SLM at $15.78 and sell 1 contracts of SLM DW (Apr$17.50 ) at $1.15 expiring on 4/19/2008. Not called in April. Price at $17.20 and value at $1,720 at 4/19/2008. Will now sell May17.5 at $1.20.

$109 still own shares $5,008

Buy 100 shares of MDCO at $18.20 and sell 1 contracts of MQL DD (Apr$20.00 ) at $1.30 expiring on 4/19/2008. Not called in April. Price at $18.02 and value at $1,802 at 4/19/2008. Will now sell May20 at $0.40.

$29 still own shares $5,037

Buy 100 shares of XMSR at $11.94 and sell 1 contracts of QSY DV (Apr$12.50 ) at $1.30 expiring on 4/19/2008. Not called in April. Price at $10.75 and value at $1,075 at 4/19/2008. Will now sell May12 at $0.25. Note that the strike price is now in $1.00 increments.

$14 still own shares $5,051

Buy 100 shares of IDCC at $19.46  (closing last trade price) and sell 1 contracts of DAQ DD (Apr$20.00 ) at $1.20 (closing bid price) expiring on 4/19/2008. Not called in April. Price at $18.82 and value at $1,882 at 4/19/2008. Will now sell May20 at $0.80.

$69 still own shares $5,120
From Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" for April 19, 2008 and putting $2,000 in the money available field      

Buy 100 shares of GTX INC (GTXI) at $14.98  (closing last trade price) and sell 1 contracts of GQH EW (May$17.50) at $1.35 (closing bid price) expiring on 5/17/2008. Cost is $1,508, and income from sale of the calls is $124 and includes your commissions.  Annualized return if called is 295%.

$124 $1,508 $3,739

Buy 100 shares of DOWNEY FINANCIAL CORP (DSL) at $16.15  (closing last trade price) and sell 1 contracts of DSL EW (May$17.50) at $1.65 (closing bid price) expiring on 5/17/2008. Cost is $1,625, and income from sale of the calls is $154 and includes your commissions.  Annualized return if called is 207%.

$154 $1,625 $2,268

Buy 100 shares of INTEROIL CORP (IOC) at $18.55  (closing last trade price) and sell 1 contracts of IOC ED (May$20.00) at $1.45 (closing bid price) expiring on 5/17/2008. Cost is $1,865, and income from sale of the calls is $134 and includes your commissions.  Annualized return if called is 174%.

$134 $1,865 $237

Totals for April:

$633   $237
Portfolio value at April 19, 2008 is $11,684*, up 16.8%.      

*After the effect of all commissions.

The stocks listed above are for illustrative and educational purposes only and should not be construed as an endorsement, recommendation, or solicitation to buy or sell any particular security.

On January 19, 2008 (expiration weekend), Investment Enhancing Systems, Inc. initiated a new $10,000 aggressive portfolio for 2007, 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 $2,000 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 above 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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