$10,000 Monitored Aggressive Portfolio Trades for June 2007

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NOTE: The markets took a big one day hit on February 27, 2007 and became very volatile in the weeks following. We did not panic sell at that time. Instead we held all stocks, even though some got close to or went below our get-out price of -15%. We continued to hold out stocks through expiration in March (the 17th) in anticipation (and hope) of some rebound.

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  Call Premium Cost Balance
From May: $143
From Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" for January 21, 2007 and putting $2,000 in the money available field Income* Cost*

Balance

100 shares of ECLP purchased in January at $19.67 and sell 1 contracts of IQV BD (Feb$20.00 ) at $0.70 expiring on 2/17/2007. Not called in March. Price at $18.86 and value at $1,886 at 3/17/2007. Will now sell Apr20 at $0.40. Not called in April. Price at $19.19 and value at $1,919 at 4/21/2007. Will now sell May20 at $0.40. Not called in May. Price at $19.10 and value at $1,910 at 5/19/2007. Holding for better premium in June. Price at $21.19 and value at $2,119 at 6/16/2007. Will now sell Jul22.5 at $0.25. Note that we have raised the strike price.

+$12 Still own shares $155
From Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" for April 21, 2007 and putting $2,000 in the money available field      

200 shares of CYPB purchased in April at $7.81 and sell 2 contracts of QGY EB (May$10.00 ) at $0.70 expiring on 5/19/2007. Not called in May. Price at $8.95 and value at $1,790 at 5/19/2007. Will now sell Jun10 at $2.25. Called in June at $10.00. Proceeds $1,990 after commission.

    $2,145

Buy 300 shares of NFI purchased in April at $6.22 and sell 3 contracts of NFI EU (May$7.50 ) at $0.45 expiring on 5/19/2007. Not called in May. Price at $6.30 and value at $1,890 at 5/19/2007. Will now sell Jun7.5 at $0.25. Called in June at $7.50. Proceeds $2,240 after commission.

    $4,385

Buy 300 shares of TELK purchased in April at $6.24  (closing last trade price) and sell 3 contracts of ZUL EU (May$7.50 ) at $0.25 (closing bid price) expiring on 5/19/2007.  Not called in May. Price at $6.06 and value at $1,818 at 5/19/2007. Holding for better premium on Jun7.5. Stock tanked on June 5 with a low of $2.96. Held the stock for five trading days hoping for a bounce and sold all shares at $3.83 to close out position. Proceeds $1,139 after commission.

    $5,524

Buy 200 shares of ESPD purchased in April at $9.32 and sell 2 contracts of ENU EB (May$10.00 ) at $0.35 expiring on 5/19/2007.  Not called in May. Price at $9.16 and value at $1,832 at 5/19/2007. Will now sell Jun10 at $0.15. Not called in June. Price at $9.13 and value at $1,826 at 6/16/2007. Holding.

  Still own shares $5,524
From Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" for May 19, 2007 and putting $2,000 in the money available field      
Buy 100 shares of DPTR at $19.60  (closing last trade price) and sell 1 contracts of QHR FD (Jun$20.00 ) at $0.95 (closing bid price) expiring on 6/16/2007. Called in June at $20.00. Proceeds $1,990 after commission.     $7,514
From Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" for June 16, 2007 and putting $2,000 in the money available field      

Buy 200 shares of NFI at $9.53  (closing last trade price) and sell 2 contracts of NFI GB (Jul$10.00 ) at $0.75 (closing bid price) expiring on 7/21/2007 .

+$137 $1,916 $5,735

Buy 200 shares of ESLR at $9.42  (closing last trade price) and sell 2 contracts of QLU GB (Jul$10.00 ) at $0.35 (closing bid price) expiring on 7/21/2007 .

+$57 $1,894 $3,898

Buy 100 shares of OSTK at $19.34  (closing last trade price) and sell 1 contracts of QKT GD (Jul$20.00 ) at $0.75 (closing bid price) expiring on 7/21/2007 .

+$64 $1,944 $2,018

Buy 100 shares of CYPB at $14.58  (closing last trade price) and sell 1 contracts of QGY GC (Jul$15.00 ) at $0.70 (closing bid price) expiring on 7/21/2007 .

+$59 $1,468 $609

Totals for June:

+$329   $609
Portfolio value at June 16, 2007 is $11,736.      

*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 20, 2007 (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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