I added to one of my closed-end funds and bought a new one. $SWZ Swiss Helvetia Fund, 650 shares @ $7.93 I have many CEFs but no exposure to European stocks Fund is 91.47% Swiss stocks Currently selling for 16.2% discount to NAV Uses no leverage and very low expenses for a CEF Just increased […]
Category: Trades
Today’s Trades: $WBD, $OXY
Sold a couple covered calls on stocks I already own. $WBD two Jan 11 calls @ $.45 ($90), representing a 33% annualized yield $OXY Jan 52.5 call @ $1.02 ($102), representing a 16% annualized yield
Today’s Trades: $PEP, $SWBI
Sold some covered calls today for income on stocks I already own. $PEP, sold 1 Jan 170 call for $1.50 ($150), annualized yield 6.54% $SWBI, sold 5 Jan 15 calls for $.57 ($2.85), annualized yield 29.57%
Recent Trades: SGOV, ICSH, IFN
Had a large 3-month T-Bill expire, so instead of buying another one yielding only about 4.5%, I re-deployed these funds as follows: $ICSH iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond Active ETF, yields 5.26% $SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF, yields 5.23% $IFN The India Fund Inc, yields 11.7% I have many closed-end funds for their consistent […]
Yesterday’s Trade: PEP, OXY
My buy price target of under $162 was hit on Pepsi ($PEP). Bought 100 shares @ $159.98. Yield 3.28% Dividend King, over 50 years of consecutive dividend increases Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($OXY). My $50 stike price November Put Option was assigned to me. I am now long 100 shares @ $50. Yield 1.76% A […]
Today’s Trades: GBTC, HIVE, NLCP
My sell orders (profit targets) were hit on: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF $GBTC HIVE Digital Technologies $HIVE On a price pullback of bitcoin, I will move these funds to: Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF $BTC $BTC, also a Grayscale fund, has much lower expenses than $GBTC. Also added 100 shares of: NewLake Capital Partners $NLCP […]
Latest Trades: KMI, PAGP, EMD, NEEPR
Kinder Morgan (KMI) Bought 190 shares @ $26.3599 Yield 4.35% Energy infrastructure Plains GP Holdings (PAGP) Bought 273 shares @ $18.28 Yield 6.75% Energy infrastructure NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE-PR) Added 220 shares @ $43.0193 Yield 8.04% Electric utility, clean energy, preferred shares Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) Bought 525 shares @ […]
Today’s Trades: BCE, OKTA
Sold two new bull put spread options today: OKTA Okta, Inc. OKTA Sell $70.00 $4.50 OKTA Buy $67.50 -$3.55 $0.95 Credit $2.50 $0.47 Buy back Want min. credit to be at least 10% times the strike difference $0.25 Max reward $0.95 Max risk $2.50 Return 61.29% Credit divided by the risk (credit to risk ratio) 38.00% […]
Today’s Trades: UBER, INVH, SPYI
Had a 3-month T-Bill mature today, so I made some trades. Buys: UBER added 100 shares @ $71.99. Big drop today, great price. SPYI added 100 shares @ $50.75. Yields 11.78% and pays monthly. Put Options: UBER Sold one December $67.50 put for $1.91 ($191). Annualized yield 20.66% INVH (Innovation Homes) Sold one December […]
Today’s Trade: SOFI
Sold a SOFI December Bull Put spread for $.42 ($42). SOFI Sell $10.00 $0.55 $11.19 SOFI SOFI Buy $8.00 -$0.13 $0.42 Credit $2.00 $0.21 Buy back 50.00% Want min. credit to be at least 10% times the strike difference $0.20 Max reward $0.42 Max risk $2.00 Return 26.58% Credit divided by the risk (credit to […]