My 50% profit target was hit on the $GOOGL Nov $155 short put option. I used the freed up cash to: Sell a Chevron $CVX put option. YOU SOLD OPENING TRANSACTION PUT (CVX) CHEVRON CORP NEW COM NOV 15 24 $145 (100 SHS) (Cash) @ $2.29 ($229), representing an annualized yield of 18.60%. Chevron is […]
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Today’s Trades: OZK, GAP, SGOV
My buy-to-close orders were filled on two of my short put option positions. OZK Nov $37.50 put closed for 55% profit. GAP Oct $19 put closed for 87% profit. I used the freed up cash to buy: SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 5.25% monthly dividend I want to have some cash or cash-equivalents […]
Today’s Trades: NEE-PR, DFP, LDP, SGOV
Today I had a short term T-bill mature, so I used those funds to buy some higher-yielding investments. As interest rates come down, T-bills will no longer be as attractive, so I am adding to my holdings in preferred stocks and limited duration bonds. NextEra Energy, Inc. Preferred UNIT 09/01/25 ($NEE-PR) 7.40% Cohen & Steers […]
Today’s Trade: NSRGY
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 […]
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.