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Dec 07 Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc – ALSK

December 27th, 2007 at 4:49 pm » Comments (0)

ALSK closed in a sweet spot for me.  I had 4 Dec 15 puts and 4 Dec 15 covered calls, both of which expired worthless so I kept the stock and both premiums.  That can happen when a stock closes just barely in or out of the money.  I think this is the first time [...]



Dec 07 AK Steel Holding Corp – AKS – Expires Worthless

December 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am » Comments (0)

My Dec 07 AKS 45 Put expired worthless.  This was a put that I rolled out and down from 47.50 in Nov.  I sold the original 47.50 put on Oct 26 and rolled it out and down to 45.00 on Nov 14.  This netted me $261.50 in an IRA account.  As I look at the chart right now it [...]



1 FBR Contract Assigned

December 27th, 2007 at 11:27 am » Comments (0)

Well, I’ve been busier than I thought I would be this week.  I need to get started chronicling this week’s activity or I will never get it completed.  I was assigned 1 Jan 08 FBR 7.50 contract.  I really did not want this stock but was willing to take it because with dividends and call options [...]