Status for month ending 2017-10-31

Currently open positions:

Reason	Ticker	Bought on	Paid	Div/Sh	Opt/Sh	Ending	Days	P/L	C-ROI
RSI(2)	WFC	2017-03-20	$57.90	$0.77	$2.00	$56.14	226	$1.01	1.7%
RSI(2)/3	MDT	2017-07-31	$84.37	$0.46	--	$80.55	93	-$3.36	-4.0%
RSI(2)/3	LLY	2017-10-10	$85.90	--	--	$81.87	22	-$4.03	-4.7%
RSI(2)	PM	2017-10-18	$112.53	--	$1.38	$104.64	14	-$6.51	-5.8%
CC-List	JNJ	2017-10-23	$143.99	--	$0.40	$139.41	9	-$4.18	-2.9%
CC-List	TGT	2017-10-23	$63.22	--	$0.72	$59.04	9	-$3.46	-5.5%
RSI(2)/3	XLP	2017-10-23	$53.80	--	--	$53.08	9	-$0.72	-1.3%
CC-List	LOW	2017-10-24	$80.93	--	$1.14	$79.93	8	$0.14	0.2%
CC-List	NUE	2017-10-31	$57.88	--	$0.82	$57.83	1	$0.44	0.8%

Positions closed this month:

Reason	Ticker	Bought on	Paid	Div/Sh	Opt/Sh	Ending	Closed	Days	P/L	C-ROI	C-aROI
Dividend	PEP	2017-10-03	$109.17	--	$1.29	$109.00	2017-10-06	4	$1.12	1.0%	93.6%
Dividend	WMT	2017-08-07	$81.17	$0.51	$3.23	$81.00	2017-10-13	68	$3.57	4.4%	23.6%
RSI(2)	TGT	2017-10-09	$56.70	--	$0.89	$56.50	2017-10-13	5	$0.69	1.2%	88.8%
Dividend	PG	2017-10-10	$91.13	--	$1.10	$91.00	2017-10-18	9	$0.97	1.1%	43.2%
RSI(2)/3	VZ	2017-10-12	$48.26	--	--	$50.10	2017-10-19	8	$1.85	3.8%	174.4%
RSI(2)	CVX	2017-10-18	$118.10	--	$0.53	$118.00	2017-10-20	3	$0.43	0.4%	44.7%
RSI(2)	NUE	2017-07-26	$58.90	$0.38	$1.68	$59.00	2017-10-27	94	$2.16	3.7%	14.2%

Overall results:

	XIRR				Count				Days
Method	Total	Open	Closed		Total	Open	Closed		Total	Open	Closed
CC-List	-64.6%	-64.6%	0.0%		4	4	0		6.8	6.8	0.0
Dividend	22.6%	0.0%	22.6%		35	0	35		40.1	0.0	40.1
RSI(2)	12.1%	-1.7%	24.8%		14	2	12		39.9	120.0	26.5
RSI(2)/3	15.8%	-31.2%	104.4%		10	3	7		25.2	41.3	18.3

 

NUE - New CC-List Position

NUE looked too good to be true on the CC-List candidates I posted this morning. It appears Yahoo is slow on updating option prices today. However, I still did start up a new NUE position:

Date	Description	Amount	ROI	aROI	Profit
2017-10-31	Buy NUE @ $57.88	-$57.88
2017-10-31	Sell NUE 11/03 2017 $57.50 Call @ $0.82	$0.82
2017-11-03	If assigned at expiration	$57.50	0.76%	69.37%	$0.44
2017-10-31	Current value	$57.50	0.76%	277.47%	$0.44
2017-10-31	Buy and Hold	$57.81	-0.12%	--	-$0.07

 

CC-List Candidates

So far, the CC-List candidates haven't worked out so well. All three are currently in the red. One pattern I noticed was pullbacks on candidates that were hitting new highs, so I added a flag for that situation.

Ticker	Price	Flag	I/O	Description of Best Call	Bid	Extr	ROI	aROI	Flag	Next Earn	Flag	Ex-Div	Flag	Yield
NUE	$57.98		ITM	NUE 11/03 2017 $57.50 Call	$1.98	$1.50	2.59%	236.07%	****	2017-10-19		2017-09-28		2.58%
XLI	$71.78		ITM	XLI 11/03 2017 $71.50 Call	$1.50	$1.22	1.70%	155.09%	****	--		2017-12-16		1.60%
WBA	$65.99		OTM	WBA 11/03 2017 $66.00 Call	$1.05	$1.05	1.59%	145.19%	****	2017-10-25		2017-11-10		2.26%
TGT	$59.17		ITM	TGT 11/03 2017 $59.00 Call	$0.94	$0.77	1.30%	118.75%	****	2017-11-15		2017-11-14		4.03%
COP	$51.42		OTM	COP 11/03 2017 $51.50 Call	$0.41	$0.41	0.80%	72.76%	****	2017-10-26		2017-12-01		2.00%
MRK	$55.18		ITM	MRK 11/03 2017 $55.00 Call	$0.60	$0.42	0.76%	69.45%	****	2017-10-27		2017-12-13		3.40%
LLY	$82.38		OTM	LLY 11/03 2017 $82.50 Call	$0.62	$0.62	0.75%	68.68%	****	2018-01-31		2017-11-10		2.49%
XLV	$81.04		ITM	XLV 11/03 2017 $81.00 Call	$0.61	$0.58	0.71%	64.75%	****	--		2017-12-16
MDT	$80.31		ITM	MDT 11/03 2017 $80.00 Call	$0.86	$0.56	0.69%	63.06%	****	2017-11-28		2017-12-21		2.17%
JNJ	$139.52		ITM	JNJ 11/03 2017 $139.00 Call	$1.45	$0.93	0.67%	60.82%	****	2018-01-23		2017-11-27		2.31%
PM	$105.07		ITM	PM 11/03 2017 $105.00 Call	$0.70	$0.63	0.60%	54.71%	****	2017-10-19		2017-12-20		3.97%
MMM	$230.79		ITM	MMM 11/03 2017 $230.00 Call	$2.10	$1.31	0.57%	51.79%	****	2017-10-24		2017-11-16		1.98%
WMT	$87.24		OTM	WMT 11/03 2017 $87.50 Call	$0.44	$0.44	0.50%	46.03%	****	2017-11-16		2017-12-07		2.32%
XOM	$83.47		OTM	XOM 11/03 2017 $83.50 Call	$0.42	$0.42	0.50%	45.92%	****	2017-10-27		2017-11-08		3.62%
XLY	$91.96		OTM	XLY 11/03 2017 $92.00 Call	$0.41	$0.41	0.45%	40.68%	****	--		2017-12-16
ABT	$54.22		ITM	ABT 11/03 2017 $54.00 Call	$0.56	$0.34	0.63%	57.22%		2017-10-18		2017-10-12		1.94%
VZ	$47.82		OTM	VZ 11/03 2017 $48.00 Call	$0.26	$0.26	0.54%	49.61%		2018-01-23		2017-10-05		4.83%
XLU	$55.04		ITM	XLU 11/03 2017 $55.00 Call	$0.33	$0.29	0.53%	48.08%		--		2017-12-16		2.91%
POT	$19.48		OTM	POT 11/03 2017 $19.50 Call	$0.10	$0.10	0.51%	46.84%		--		2017-10-07		2.07%
CSCO	$34.09		ITM	CSCO 11/03 2017 $34.00 Call	$0.26	$0.17	0.50%	45.50%		2017-11-15		2017-10-03		3.23%
LOW	$79.92		OTM	LOW 11/03 2017 $80.00 Call	$0.39	$0.39	0.49%	44.53%		2017-11-21		2017-10-24		1.84%
XLF	$26.63		ITM	XLF 11/03 2017 $26.50 Call	$0.26	$0.13	0.48%	43.51%		--		2017-12-16
PG	$86.30		OTM	PG 11/03 2017 $86.50 Call	$0.38	$0.38	0.44%	40.18%		2017-10-20		2017-10-19		3.13%
MO	$64.66		ITM	MO 11/03 2017 $64.50 Call	$0.43	$0.28	0.43%	38.81%		2017-10-26		2017-12-20		3.81%
XLB	$58.99		OTM	XLB 11/03 2017 $59.00 Call	$0.20	$0.20	0.34%	30.94%		--		2017-12-16		1.61%

 

LOW -- CC-List position rolled out

A new call was written against held shares:

Date	Description	Amount	ROI	aROI	Profit
2017-10-24	Buy LOW @ $80.93	-$80.93
2017-10-24	Sell LOW 10/27 2017 $81.00 Call @ $0.54	$0.54
2017-10-31	Sell LOW 11/10 2017 $81.00 Call @ $0.60	$0.60
2017-11-10	If assigned at expiration	$81.00	1.50%	30.32%	$1.21
2017-10-31	Current value	$79.91	0.15%	6.77%	$0.12
2017-10-31	Buy and Hold	$79.91	-1.26%	--	-$1.02

 

JNJ -- New CC-List Position

JNJ showed up on the CC-List workbook last week, but the price got away from me before I could sell the call. I am adding another flag to the CC-List workbook, to identify those candidates that hit a new 52-week high that day.

Date	Description	Amount	ROI	aROI	Profit
2017-10-23	Buy JNJ @ $143.99	-$143.99
2017-10-31	Sell JNJ 11/17 2017 $144.00 Call @ $0.40	$0.40
2017-11-17	If assigned at expiration	$144.00	0.28%	3.98%	$0.41
2017-10-31	Current value	$139.67	-2.72%	-110.46%	-$3.92
2017-10-31	Buy and Hold	$139.67	-3.00%	--	-$4.32

 

NUE -- Closed RSI(2) Play

NUE closed ITM, so it should be exercised today.

Date	Description	Amount	ROI	aROI	Profit
2017-07-26	Buy NUE @ $58.90	-$58.90
2017-07-26	Sell NUE 7/28 2017 $59.00 Call @ $0.65	$0.65
2017-07-28	Buy NUE 7/28 2017 $59.00 Call @ $0.01	-$0.01
2017-07-31	Sell NUE 8/11 2017 $59.00 Call @ $0.50	$0.50
2017-08-10	Buy NUE 8/11 2017 $59.00 Call @ $0.01	-$0.01
2017-09-28	Div NUE @ $0.38	$0.38
2017-10-11	Sell NUE 10/27 2017 $59.00 Call @ $0.55	$0.55
2017-10-27	Asgn NUE @ $59.00	$59.00	3.66%	14.22%	$2.16
2017-10-27	Buy and Hold	$59.49	1.64%	--	$0.97
2017-10-27	Option Premiums	$1.68
2017-10-27	Dividends Received	$0.38

 

LOW -- New CC-List Position

LOW showed up on the CC-List workbook this morning. It just went ex-dividend today.

Date	Description	Amount	ROI	aROI	Profit
2017-10-24	Buy LOW @ $80.93	-$80.93
2017-10-24	Sell LOW 10/27 2017 $81.00 Call @ $0.54	$0.54
2017-10-27	If assigned at expiration	$81.00	0.75%	68.78%	$0.61
2017-10-24	Current value	$80.93	0.66%	241.29%	$0.54
2017-10-24	Buy and Hold	$80.93	-0.01%	--	-$0.01
2017-10-24	Option Premiums	$0.54
2017-10-24	Dividends Received	$0.00

 

TGT -- New CC-List Position

TGT showed up on the CC-List workbook this morning. Next ex-dividend date is 11/14, for $0.62.

Date	Description	Amount	ROI	aROI	Profit
2017-10-23	Buy TGT @ $63.22	-$63.22
2017-10-23	Sell TGT 10/27 2017 $63.00 Call @ $0.72	$0.72
2017-10-27	If assigned at expiration	$63.00	0.80%	58.20%	$0.50
2017-10-23	Current value	$63.00	0.80%	291.00%	$0.50
2017-10-23	Buy and Hold	$63.23	0.02%	--	$0.01
2017-10-23	Option Premiums	$0.72
2017-10-23	Dividends Received	$0.00