Had a 3 mo. T-Bill for $40,000 mature today. Used those funds as indicated below: $BITO, ProShares Bitcoin ETF Bought 150 shares @ $19.95 54.64% yield, pays monthly $SGOV, iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF Added 342.644 shares @ $100.67 4.43% yield, pays monthly
Today’s Trades: $APLE, $AIPI, $DVN, $OWL, $RGR, $UBER
Sold some covered calls today on stocks in my portfolio. $OWL, Sold 1 Sep $19 Call @ $0.60 ($60), annualized yield 40.86% $UBER, Sold 1 Sep 19 $100 Call @ $1.75 ($175), annualized yield 23.35% $DVN, Sold 2 Sep $35.5 Calls @ $0.75 ($150), annualized yield 27.80% $RGR, Sold 2 Sep $35 Calls @ $0.75 […]
Today’s Income Investments: $FSCO, $NVDY, $BITO, $BTC
$FSCO added 105 shares @ $7.50 $NVDY added 21 shares @ $16.89 $BITO Sold 2 Oct $19 cash-secured put options @ $1.05 ($210) 16.81% annualized yield $BTC Sold 1 Sept $49 cash-secured put option @ $1.35 ($135) 31.43% annualized yield
Today’s Income Investments: $QQQI, $BITO, $YBTC, $SGOV
Sold some cash-secured put options today: $QQQI Sold 1 Sept $53 @ $.50 ($50) 10.76% annualized yield $BITO Sold 2 Sept $19 @ $.45 ($90) 13.51% annualized yield $YBTC Sold 1 Sept $45 @ $1.00 ($100) 25.35% annualized yield $SGOV Bought 150 shares @ $100.56 ($15,084.53) Parking some cash here for 4.44% monthly dividend
Today’s Options Assignments and Expirations for August
$HIMS, $QQQI, $PLTY(2) Today 4 of my cash-secured put options expired worthless, allowing me to keep the premiums I received previously. This frees up $21,200 for use on Monday. $MSTY, $ULTY These cash-secured puts expired in the money, so I was assigned more shares: $MSTY added 200 shares @ $19.00 ($3800) Current share price is […]
Today’s Trades: $BTC, $BSM, $ULTY
Sold an underperforming asset: $BSM, Black Stone Minerals. Used those funds to add to $ULTY; added 159 shares @ $5.96. Sold a cash-secured put option: Sold 1 $BTC Sept $50 put @ $1.49 ($149), representing a 30.21% annualized return.
Today’s Investments: $SLVO, $SBAR, $FSCO, $USOI
Sold an underperforming asset: $USOI, ETRACS Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETN Used the funds to add 3 new holdings: $SBAR, Simplify Barrier Income ETF Buy 100 Shares @ $26.26 Pays 3.20% monthly (fund is still very new) $FSCO, FS Credit Opportunities Corp (a CEF) Bought 300 Shares @ $7.4481 Pays 10.98% monthly Has increased […]
Today’s Investments: $COMM, $NVDY, $GOOY, $IAUI, $EIC
$COMM jumped up over 72% today, so I bought back my short puts for a 94.12% profit. Bought to Close 2 Aug $8 Puts @ $0.05 ($10) $NVDY sold a cash-secured put Sold to Open 1 Sep $16 Put @ $0.60 ($60) 29.76% annualized yield $GOOY added 25 Shares @ $13.02 ($325.50) $IAUI added 7 […]
Should I Use Margin to Buy $MSTY?
I asked Grok, “If I use margin in my brokerage account to buy $MSTY, will I earn enough in distributions to pay the margin interest?” Short Answer At a 12.575% margin interest rate (my rate at Fidelity), MSTY’s distributions ($7,727.20 annually for a $10,000 investment) comfortably cover the $628.75 interest cost, leaving a net income […]
Today’s Trades: $NFLY, $NVDY, $ULTY
$NFLY, added 48 Shares @ $16.977 $NVDY, sold 1 Sept $15 Put @ $0.44 ($44), annualized yield 19.12% $ULTY, sold 1 Sept $6 Put @ $0.30 ($30), annualized yield 32.59% $NFLY, sold 1 Sept $16 Put @ $0.30 ($30), annualized yield 12.22%