Thursday, May 31, 2018

PEP -- Closed Dividend Play

PEP was exercised early, because the stock went ex-dividend:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-29Buy PEP @ $100.57-$100.57
2018-05-29Sell PEP 6/1 2018 $100.00 Call @ $0.90$0.90
2018-05-30Asgn PEP @ $100.00$100.000.33%60.43%$0.33
2018-05-30Buy and Hold$101.831.26%--$1.26
 

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

PEP -- New Dividend Play

PEP goes ex-dividend on 2018-05-31 for $0.928:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-29Buy PEP @ $100.57-$100.57
2018-05-29Sell PEP 6/1 2018 $100.00 Call @ $0.90$0.90
2018-06-01If assigned at expiration$100.000.33%30.21%$0.33
2018-05-29Current value$100.000.33%120.86%$0.33
2018-05-29Buy and Hold$101.100.53%--$0.53
 

MCD -- New Dividend Play

MCD goes ex-dividend on 2018-06-01 for $1.01:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-29Buy MCD @ $160.45-$160.45
2018-05-29Sell MCD 6/1 2018 $160.00 Call @ $1.30$1.30
2018-06-01If assigned at expiration$160.000.53%48.40%$0.85
2018-05-29Current value$160.000.53%193.59%$0.85
2018-05-29Buy and Hold$160.620.11%--$0.17
 

MMM -- Dividend Play Rolled Out

A new call was written against held shares:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-14Buy MMM @ $205.66-$205.66
2018-05-14Sell MMM 5/18 2018 $205.00 Call @ $1.70$1.70
2018-05-15Buy MMM 5/18 2018 $205.00 Call @ $0.30-$0.30
2018-05-17Div MMM @ $1.36$1.36
2018-05-29Sell MMM 6/15 2018 $205.00 Call @ $0.60$0.60
2018-06-15If assigned at expiration$205.001.31%14.53%$2.70
2018-05-29Current value$195.87-3.13%-71.37%-$6.43
2018-05-29Buy and Hold$195.87-4.10%---$8.43
 

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

JNJ -- New Dividend Play

JNJ goes ex-dividend on 201-05-25 for $0.90:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-23Buy JNJ @ $123.03-$123.03
2018-05-23Sell JNJ 5/25 2018 $123.00 Call @ $0.60$0.60
2018-05-25If assigned at expiration$123.000.46%56.57%$0.57
2018-05-23Current value$123.000.46%169.70%$0.57
2018-05-23Buy and Hold$123.040.01%--$0.01
 

Monday, May 14, 2018

MMM -- New Dividend Play

MMM goes ex-dividend on 2017-05-17 for $1.36:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-14Buy MMM @ $205.66-$205.66
2018-05-14Sell MMM 5/18 2018 $205.00 Call @ $1.70$1.70
2018-05-18If assigned at expiration$205.000.51%36.95%$1.04
2018-05-14Current value$205.000.51%184.75%$1.04
2018-05-14Buy and Hold$205.52-0.07%---$0.14
 

Saturday, May 12, 2018

XOM -- Closed Dividend Play

I forgot to post a dividend play I started on Monday, in addition to the three CC-List positions. It was exercised early, on Thursday night, as it went ex-dividend on Friday morning for $0.82:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-07Buy XOM @ $77.68-$77.68
2018-05-07Sell XOM 5/11 2018 $78.00 Call @ $0.60$0.60
2018-05-10Asgn XOM @ $78.00$78.001.19%108.59%$0.92
2018-05-10Buy and Hold$80.904.15%--$3.22
 

Friday, May 11, 2018

MMM, TGT, XLE -- CC-List positions closed

The three CC-List positions opened this week all closed ITM, so they will be exercised tonight:

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-07Buy MMM @ $200.36-$200.36
2018-05-07Sell MMM 5/11 2018 $200.00 Call @ $1.95$1.95
2018-05-11Asgn MMM @ $200.00$200.000.80%58.08%$1.59
2018-05-10Buy and Hold$204.161.90%--$3.80

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-07Buy TGT @ $69.32-$69.32
2018-05-07Sell TGT 5/11 2018 $69.50 Call @ $0.74$0.74
2018-05-11Asgn TGT @ $69.50$69.501.33%96.88%$0.92
2018-05-11Buy and Hold$70.041.04%--$0.72

Date Description AmountROIaROIProfit
2018-05-07Buy XLE @ $74.02-$74.02
2018-05-07Sell XLE 5/11 2018 $74.00 Call @ $0.89$0.89
2018-05-11Asgn XLE @ $74.00$74.001.18%86.10%$0.87
2018-05-10Buy and Hold$76.243.00%--$2.22

 

Monday, May 7, 2018

CC-List Candidates

Here's what the top entries from the CC-List workbook looked like this afternoon:

TickerPriceFlagI/ODescription of Best CallBidExtrROIaROIFlagNext Earn FlagEx-Div FlagYield
XOM$77.98 OTMXOM 5/11 2018 $78.00 Call$0.95$0.951.22%88.93%****2018-04-27 2018-05-113.98%
LLY$78.51 OTMLLY 5/11 2018 $79.00 Call$0.51$0.510.65%47.42%****2018-07-24 2018-05-11****2.65%
CVX$125.34 ITMCVX 5/11 2018 $125.00 Call$2.04$1.701.36%99.01%****2018-04-27 2018-05-173.44%
CL$62.98 ITMCL 5/11 2018 $62.00 Call$1.83$0.851.35%98.52%****2018-07-27 2018-04-192.50%
LOW$83.63 ITMLOW 5/11 2018 $83.50 Call$1.21$1.091.30%94.71%****2018-05-23 2018-04-241.88%
XLE$74.40 OTMXLE 5/11 2018 $74.50 Call$0.95$0.951.28%93.21%****-- 2018-06-16****
TGT$69.36 OTMTGT 5/11 2018 $69.50 Call$0.87$0.871.25%91.57%****2018-05-23 2018-05-153.43%
NUE$62.71 ITMNUE 5/11 2018 $62.50 Call$0.99$0.781.24%90.80%****2018-04-19 2018-06-28****2.40%
WBA$62.36 OTMWBA 5/11 2018 $62.50 Call$0.76$0.761.22%88.97%****2018-03-28 2018-05-172.47%
INTC$53.29 OTMINTC 5/11 2018 $53.50 Call$0.64$0.641.20%87.67%****2018-07-26 2018-05-032.04%
WFC$52.73 ITMWFC 5/11 2018 $52.50 Call$0.83$0.601.14%83.06%****2018-07-13 2018-05-032.96%
MDT$84.96 OTMMDT 5/11 2018 $85.00 Call$0.95$0.951.12%81.62%****2018-05-24 2018-07-05****2.23%
ABT$59.44 OTMABT 5/11 2018 $59.50 Call$0.61$0.611.03%74.92%****2018-04-18 2018-07-12****1.83%
CSCO$45.78 ITMCSCO 5/11 2018 $45.50 Call$0.74$0.471.02%74.16%****2018-05-16 2018-07-05****2.56%
PM$81.51 ITMPM 5/11 2018 $81.50 Call$0.77$0.760.93%68.07%****2018-07-19 2018-06-21****5.15%
MO$55.78 ITMMO 5/11 2018 $55.50 Call$0.79$0.510.91%66.74%****2018-07-26 2018-06-13****4.51%
MRK$57.36 OTMMRK 5/11 2018 $57.50 Call$0.52$0.520.91%66.18%****2018-07-27 2018-06-13****3.26%
XLK$68.14 ITMXLK 5/11 2018 $68.00 Call$0.74$0.610.89%64.82%****-- 2018-06-16****1.21%
MMM$200.08 ITMMMM 5/11 2018 $200.00 Call$1.83$1.750.87%63.85%****2018-07-24 2018-05-17****2.36%
JNJ$123.84 OTMJNJ 5/11 2018 $124.00 Call$1.08$1.080.87%63.66%****2018-07-17 2018-05-25****2.67%
XLI$72.71 ITMXLI 5/11 2018 $72.50 Call$0.84$0.630.87%63.25%****-- 2018-06-16****1.59%
MCD$165.17 ITMMCD 5/11 2018 $165.00 Call$1.59$1.420.86%62.76%****2018-04-30 2018-06-01****2.32%
PEP$98.46 OTMPEP 5/11 2018 $98.50 Call$0.84$0.840.85%62.28%****2018-04-26 2018-05-31****3.20%
XLV$80.96 OTMXLV 5/11 2018 $81.00 Call$0.64$0.640.79%57.71%****-- 2018-06-16****
PG$72.20 ITMPG 5/11 2018 $72.00 Call$0.77$0.570.79%57.63%****2018-04-19 2018-04-193.78%