Sunday, August 28, 2016

Upcoming Ex-Dividend Candidates

Possible ex-dividend candidates in the next few weeks:



Ticker


Company


Source
Estimated Ex-dividend date

Week


Yield

Ex-dividend date


Warning
MCDMcDonald's Corp.Dividend Championxxxx-08-3013.11%2016-08-30
PEPPepsico, Inc.Dividend Championxxxx-08-3112.80%2016-08-31
ORIOld Republic International CorporationDividend Championxxxx-08-3113.95%2016-08-31
CTLCenturyLink, Inc.Dividend Championxxxx-08-3117.51%2016-08-31
KMBKimberly-Clark CorporationDividend Championxxxx-09-0722.87%2016-09-07
GPCGenuine Parts CompanyDividend Championxxxx-09-0722.55%2016-09-07
UBSIUnited Bankshares Inc.Dividend Championxxxx-09-0823.40%2016-06-08<==
 

Thursday, August 25, 2016

LLY, TGT -- Both rolled out a month

The existing calls of both LLY and TGT were bought back because they hit the limit prices. I rolled both out a month at the same strike price.

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-08Buy LLY @ $81.19-$81.19


2016-08-08Sell LLY 8/12 2016 $81 Call @ $0.55$0.55


2016-08-11Div LLY @ $0.51$0.51


2016-08-12Buy LLY 8/12 2016 $81 Call @ $0.03-$0.03


2016-08-12Sell LLY 8/26 2016 $80.50 Call @ $0.74$0.74


2016-08-24Buy LLY 8/26 2016 $80.50 Call @ $0.03-$0.03


2016-08-24Sell LLY 9/23 2016 $80.50 Call @ $0.53$0.53


2016-09-23If assigned at expiration$80.501.95%15.49%$1.59
2016-08-25Current Price$78.81-0.13%-2.78%-$0.11

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-11Buy TGT @ $73.86-$73.86
2016-08-15Div TGT @ $0.60$0.60
2016-08-11Sell TGT 8/19 2016 $73.50 Call @ $1.45$1.45
2016-08-17Buy TGT 8/19 2016 $73.50 Call @ $0.03-$0.03
2016-08-24Sell TGT 9/16 2016 $73.50 Call @ $0.44$0.44
2016-09-16If assigned at expiration$73.502.84%28.83%$2.10
2016-08-25Current Price$71.680.38%9.88%$0.28
 

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Upcoming Ex-Dividend Candidates

Possible ex-dividend candidates in the next few weeks:



Ticker


Company


Source
Estimated Ex-dividend date

Week


Yield
Retrieved Ex-dividend date

Warning
WEYSWeyco Group Inc.Dividend Championxxxx-08-2513.29%2016-08-25
MDPMeredith CorporationDiviData=5xxxx-08-2923.59%2016-08-29
MCDMcDonald's Corp.Dividend Championxxxx-08-3023.10%2016-08-30
PEPPepsico, Inc.Dividend Championxxxx-08-3122.78%2016-08-31
ORIOld Republic International CorpDividend Championxxxx-09-0123.94%2016-06-01<==
CTLCenturyLink, Inc.Dividend Championxxxx-09-0227.49%2016-05-26<==
 

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

HP -- Call rolled out

I rolled out the HP position a month to 9/16 after the $0.05 buy-to-close limit order filled this morning.

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-03Buy HP @ $64.84-$64.84
2016-08-11Div HP @ $0.70$0.70
2016-08-08Sell HP 8/19 2016 $65 Call @ $1.25$1.25
2016-08-17Buy HP 8/19 2016 $65 Call @ $0.05-$0.05
2016-08-17Sell HP 9/16 2016 $65 Call @ $1.20$1.20
2016-09-16If assigned at expiration$65.005.03%41.71%$3.26
2016-08-17Current Price$62.110.57%14.88%$0.37
 

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Upcoming Ex-Dividend Candidates

Possible ex-dividend candidates in the next few weeks:



Ticker


Company
Estimated
Ex-dividend
 date


Week


Yield

Ex-dividend 
date


Warning
BKHBlack Hills Corporationxxxx-08-1612.83%2016-08-16
JNJJohnson & Johnsonxxxx-08-1912.59%2016-08-19
DBDDiebold, Incorporatedxxxx-08-2324.09%2016-07-25<==
 

Friday, August 12, 2016

LLY Rolled Out and Down

LLY didn't get exercised early, so I got the dividend. The $0.03 BTC limit order I had on the call exercised this morning. After looking at the choices for 8/19 and 8/26, I rolled it out 2 weeks and down $0.50:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-08Buy LLY @ $81.19-$81.19
2016-08-08Sell LLY 8/12 2016 $81 Call @ $0.55$0.55
2016-08-11Div LLY @ $0.51$0.51
2016-08-12Buy LLY 8/12 2016 $81 Call @ $0.03-$0.03
2016-08-12Sell LLY 8/26 2016 $80.50 Call @ $0.74$0.74
2016-08-26If assigned at expiration$80.501.34%27.10%$1.09
2016-08-12Current Price$80.150.91%82.61%$0.74
 

Thursday, August 11, 2016

New Dividend Play -- TGT

TGT is going ex-dividend for $0.60 on 8/15.

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-11Buy TGT @ $73.86-$73.86


2016-08-11Sell TGT 8/19 2016 $73.50 Call @ $1.45$1.45


2016-08-19If assigned at expiration$73.501.48%67.33%$1.09
2016-08-11Current Price$73.501.48%538.65%$1.09
 
Matrix I used to choose the expiration date and strike price:

Ticker SymbolTime & PriceChg & % ChgVolumeBidAskDays$/DayaROIEx-Div?Earn?
TGT10:25am EDT$73.91$0.861.17%2,223,770$73.89$73.91------2016-08-152016-08-17
TGT160812C0007300010:06am EDT$1.10$0.60120.00%816$0.91$1.051$0.00301.5%----
TGT160819C0007300010:09am EDT$1.75$0.4635.66%39$1.68$1.738$0.096647.7%$0.56XXX
TGT160826C0007300010:09am EDT$1.88$0.5137.23%58$1.83$1.8715$0.061530.4%----
TGT160902C0007300009:37am EDT$2.21$0.6743.51%2$1.96$2.0022$0.047923.6%----
TGT160909C0007300010:07am EDT$2.13----8$2.07$2.1029$0.040119.8%----
TGT160916C00073000------------------------
TGT160923C0007300010:07am EDT$1.77----1$2.29$2.3743$0.032215.9%----
TGT161021C00073000------------------------
TGT160812C0007350009:59am EDT$0.76$0.50192.31%305$0.54$0.631$0.133065.7%----
TGT160819C0007350009:56am EDT$1.52$0.4846.15%15$1.40$1.468$0.124161.3%$0.56XXX
TGT160826C00073500Aug 10$1.19----39$1.56$1.6115$0.076938.0%----
TGT160902C00073500Aug 4$2.07----30$2.29$2.3522$0.085642.3%----
TGT160909C0007350010:07am EDT$1.87----3$1.78$1.8329$0.047323.4%----
TGT160916C00073500------------------------
TGT160923C0007350010:07am EDT$1.62----2$2.02$2.1143$0.037518.5%----
TGT161021C00073500------------------------
TGT160812C0007400010:09am EDT$0.35$0.24218.18%224$0.31$0.351$0.3100153.1%----
TGT160819C0007400010:07am EDT$1.26$0.3944.83%31$1.18$1.228$0.147572.8%$0.56XXX
TGT160826C0007400010:06am EDT$1.41$0.5462.07%1$1.31$1.3615$0.087343.1%----
TGT160902C00074000Aug 8$2.37----1$1.43$1.4922$0.065032.1%----
TGT160909C0007400009:42am EDT$1.64$0.6057.69%21$1.53$1.5829$0.052826.1%----
TGT160916C00074000------------------------
TGT160923C0007400010:07am EDT$1.28----3$1.76$1.8643$0.040920.2%----
TGT161021C00074000------------------------
TGT160812C0007450010:00am EDT$0.17$0.11183.33%272$0.13$0.161$0.130064.2%----
TGT160819C0007450009:56am EDT$1.07$0.3957.35%20$0.99$1.038$0.123761.1%$0.56XXX
TGT160826C00074500Aug 10$0.80----4$1.09$1.1415$0.072735.9%----
TGT160902C00074500Aug 10$0.90----1$1.21$1.2522$0.055027.2%----
TGT160909C0007450010:07am EDT$0.81----4$1.31$1.3729$0.045222.3%----
TGT160916C00074500------------------------
TGT160923C0007450010:07am EDT$1.23----1$1.58$1.6443$0.036718.1%----
TGT161021C00074500------------------------
 

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Position closed -- EMR

The EMR position was assigned early, on the night before going ex-dividend. The closing price prior to going ex-divided was $54.33, with a dividend of $0.475.

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-03Buy EMR @ $52.75-$52.75
2016-08-03Sell EMR 8/19 2016 $52.50 Call @ $1.00$1.00
2016-08-10EMR Assigned @ $52.50$52.501.42%74.14%$0.75
 

Position Closed -- XOM

The XOM position was assigned early, on the night before going ex-dividend. The closing price prior to going ex-divided was $88.70, with a dividend of $0.75.

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-03Buy XOM @ $87.15-$87.15
2016-08-03Sell XOM 8/12 2016 $86.50 Call @ $1.17$1.17
2016-08-10XOM Assigned @ $86.50$86.500.60%31.35%$0.52
 

Position Closed -- WMT

The WMT position was assigned early, on the night before going ex-dividend. The closing price prior to going ex-divided was $73.54, with a dividend of $0.50.

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-03Buy WMT @ $73.09-$73.09
2016-08-03Sell WMT 8/12 2016 $73 Call @ $0.43$0.43
2016-08-10WMT Assigned @ $73.00$73.000.47%24.61%$0.35
 

Monday, August 8, 2016

New Dividend Play -- LLY

LLY is going ex-dividend for $0.51 on 8/11.

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2016-08-08Buy LLY @ $81.19-$81.19


2016-08-08Sell LLY 8/12 2016 $81 Call @ $0.55$0.55


2016-08-12If assigned at expiration$81.000.45%41.03%$0.37
2016-08-08Current Price @ $81.21$81.000.45%164.10%$0.37

Matrix I used to choose the expiration date and strike price:

Ticker SymbolTime & Price
Chg & % Chg
VolumeBidAskDays$/DayaROIEx-Div?Earn?
LLY02:17pm EDT$81.16-$0.41-0.50%2,068,824$81.14$81.15------2016-08-112016-10-25













LLY160812C0008050010:23am EDT$0.61-$0.69-53.08%20$0.83$0.904$0.043719.7%$0.51--
LLY160819C0008050010:45am EDT$0.95-$1.42-59.92%27$1.03$1.0911$0.034115.3%----
LLY160826C00080500Jul 29$2.95$0.8641.15%7$2.83$3.0518$0.120854.3%----
LLY160902C00080500------------------------
LLY160909C00080500------------------------
LLY160916C00080500------------------------
LLY160923C00080500------------------------
LLY161021C00080500------------------------













LLY160812C0008100011:00am EDT$0.50-$0.33-39.76%15$0.52$0.584$0.091241.0%$0.51--
LLY160819C0008100010:17am EDT$0.64-$1.23-65.78%60$0.74$0.8011$0.053223.9%----
LLY160826C00081000Aug 5$1.55-$1.00-39.22%20$1.32$1.3718$0.064729.1%----
LLY160902C0008100010:10am EDT$1.08-$0.56-34.15%20$1.23$1.2925$0.043019.3%----
LLY160909C0008100011:04am EDT$1.42-$1.48-51.03%2$1.40$1.4732$0.038917.5%----
LLY160916C00081000------------------------
LLY160923C00081000Aug 5$2.26----10$2.13$2.1946$0.042919.3%----
LLY161021C00081000------------------------













LLY160812C0008150009:44am EDT$0.40-$0.32-44.44%20$0.29$0.344$0.072532.6%$0.51--
LLY160819C0008150012:15pm EDT$0.61-$0.30-32.97%37$0.52$0.5711$0.047321.3%----
LLY160826C00081500Jul 28$2.31----56$2.12$2.2418$0.117853.0%----
LLY160902C0008150012:05pm EDT$1.02-$0.87-46.03%3$1.00$1.0625$0.040018.0%----
LLY160909C0008150011:29am EDT$1.21-$1.48-55.02%4$1.17$1.2332$0.036616.4%----
LLY160916C00081500------------------------
LLY160923C00081500Aug 5$2.00----10$1.87$1.9246$0.040718.3%----
LLY161021C00081500------------------------













LLY160812C0008200012:22pm EDT$0.20-$0.15-42.86%13$0.14$0.184$0.035015.7%$0.51--
LLY160819C0008200010:12am EDT$0.30-$0.29-49.15%16$0.35$0.4011$0.031814.3%----
LLY160826C00082000Aug 5$0.90-$1.20-57.14%10$0.84$0.8818$0.046721.0%----
LLY160902C00082000Aug 2$2.22----12$1.05$1.1125$0.042018.9%----
LLY160909C0008200001:55pm EDT$0.92----1$0.96$1.0232$0.030013.5%----
LLY160916C00082000------------------------
LLY160923C0008200001:55pm EDT$1.32----1$1.35$1.4246$0.029313.2%----
LLY161021C00082000------------------------