Bought some Nestle ($NSRGY) today. global (Swiss) food company with many recognizable brands Nestle candy Gerber baby products Purina pet food Optifast Nespresso coffee Boost nutritional drinks Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Häagen-Dazs Perrier water rated 2 green on Seeking Alpha pays 3.25% dividend even if we have a recession, people will still want/need pet food, Gerber […]
Author: Gary
Today’s Trades: AMZN, GOOGL, HASI
AMZN Reached my “50% profit within first two weeks” rule and bought back my AMZN Oct short put. Used that cash to sell more cash-secured puts: GOOGL Sold to open 1 Contract GOOGL Nov 15 2024 155 Put Limit at $4.05 ($405) Represents an annualized yield of 17.99% HASI Sold to Open 1 Contract HASI […]
Today’s Trades: AMZN, AAPL
AAPL Reached my “50% profit within first two weeks” rule and bought back my Oct short put. Used that cash to sell an AMZN put. AMZN Sell to Open 1 Contract AMZN Oct 18 2024 185 Put Limit at $3.00 (Day) Filled at $3.00 ($300), annualized return 21.08%
Today’s Trades: WMB, KO, DVN, NVDA
My “50% profit within first two weeks” order was hit on two of my cash-secured puts, WMB and KO. Used that available cash to sell another cash-secured put: NVDA Sell to Open 1 Contract NVDA Oct 18 2024 110 Put Limit at $3.80 (Day) Filled at $3.80, Annualized return 38.4% Losing trade: DVN: my […]
Today’s Trade: XOM
Closed out 2 XOM September covered call options for a profit of 98.67%. Sold 2 more XOM December 120 covered call options for $2.58 ($258 x 2=$516). Annualized gain for these 2 new covered calls: 8.51%
Today’s Trades: AAPL, KO, DVN, BDJ, SHEL
Closed 1 AMD cash-secured put for an 80% profit, freeing up some cash to work with. Closed 2 NVDA cash-secured puts for an 80% profit, freeing up some cash to work with. Sold 3 cash-secured puts on stocks I would not mind owning if they get assigned to me: AAPL Sep-12-2024, Sell to Open 1 […]
Today’s Trade: HASI
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (HASI) Closed my September Put for a profit, so I sold another one. Sell to Open 1 Contract HASI Oct 18 2024 30 Put Limit at $0.65 (Day) Filled at $0.68 ($68) This represents a 22.36% annualized yield on the $3000 that I must hold in reserve in my account.
Today’s Trades: GAP, VLO
The Gap Inc. (GAP) Sold two Oct 19 strike cash-secured puts @ $.77 each. ($154), representing a 37.93% annualized yield. rated all green, “top stock” by Seeking Alpha 3% yield on the stock Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Added some shares to my existing position. rated 2 green on Seeking Alpha 3.19% yield
Today’s Trade: WMB
The Williams Companies (WMB) I sold a cash-secured put on a stock I wouldn’t mind owning if it were to be assigned to me. Sold one OCT $43 put @ .65 ($65), representing a 12.83% annualized yield
Today’s Trades: OCSL, ICSH, TRMD
Closed my position in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) for a small loss. This business development company, BDC, has underperformed others in my portfolio: Ares Capital (ARCC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Gladstone Investment (GAIN) and Hercules Capital (HTGC). I used the proceeds to purchase a new holding: TORM (TRMD) UK-based shipping company that owns a […]