Covered Call Analyzer from Investment Enhancing Systems, Inc.

The Covered Call Analyzer

Covered Call Analyzer Aggressive "Stocks to Consider" Results for 2010

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2010 Month	Cost of this Month's twenty (20) "Stocks-to-Consider"	Income from All Calls Sold	Value of the twenty (20) "Stocks-to-Consider" including call income	Status	Percentage Change in Value of List during period list was open	Percentage change of S&P500 during period list was open
January	$82,801	$1,988	$79,625	opened on January 16 closed on February 20	(2.3%)	(2.4%)
February	$85,751	$4,175	$93,357	opened on February 20 closed on March 20	+8.9%	+4.6%
March	$90,510	$3,297	$96,245	opened on March 20 closed on April 17	+6.3%	+2.8%
April	$77,759	$1,352	$68,911	opened on April 17 closed on May 22	(11.4%)	(8.8%)
May	$89,043	$3,936	$89,844	opened on May 22 closed on June 19	+0.9%	+2.7%
June	$85,866	$2,580	$80,830	opened on June 19 closed on July 17	(5.3%)	(4.7%)
July	$83,676	$1,931	$86,707	opened on July 17 closed on August 21	+3.6%	+0.6%
August	$86,892	$3,031	$85,580	opened on August 21 closed on September 18	(1.5%)	+5.0%
September	$86,000	$3,130	$93,251	opened on September 18 closed on October 16	+8.4%	+4.5%
October	$82,260	$2,385	$80,862	opened on October 16 closed on November 20	(1.7%)	+2.0%
November	$84,423	$2,842	$88,262	opened on November 20 closed on December 18	+4.5%	+3.7%
December	$85,463	$2,584	$85,537	opened on December 18 closed on Januaty 22, 2011	(4.6%)	+3.2%

In 1999 Investment Enhancing Systems, Inc. began publishing an Aggressive "Stocks-to-Consider" list. Each month on expiration weekend (the third weekend of the month) we run the Covered Call Analyzer using our default parameters and the "high PE or no earnings: selection and published a list of the ten (10) stock/call combinations, identified by the Analyzer, that have high dollar income for the sale of the calls. In 2008 we increased the list to twenty (20) selections to give our subscribers a bigger choice to consider. We have done this with education in mind. Our objective is to help the investor understand how to use covered calls and what to do if the stock does not get called or tanks. We publish our results here. Many of our customers Run the Analyzer, with their own parameters and make their own selections, or select stock/call combinations from our list. Because this is an aggressive list, it has more risk than the Conservative list because it includes stocks with high PEs or no earnings. Sometimes we label individual stock/call combinations as "risky".
We assume that there is $5,000 for the purchase of each stock listed (purchased in lots of 100 shares). In some cases we spend much less to purchase the stock. If the stock costs $35.00 we can only buy 100 shares and the cost is only $3500 plus commissions.
Our objective is to have the stock called in the next month, but that doesn't always happen. It then becomes necessary to decide whether to sell more calls for the next month, hold or sell out. We establish a get-out price at -15% and sell the stock if it drops 15% below our purchase price. Because the stock purchased is "covered" by the sold calls, we must buy back the call contracts before selling the stock at the get-out price. The buy-back of the calls is usually at a much lower price than what they were originally sold for, producing some premium against the drop in stock price. We strongly recommend establishing a get-out price and then sticking to it.
Remember, PATIENCE pays off.

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