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DivX, Inc. (DIVX) - Sold Sep08 Calls

July 31st, 2008 at 10:55 am » Comments (0)

This morning I sold 6 DIVX Sep08 10 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $61.50 in 3 IRA accounts.  My basis for these DIVX shares now runs from 16.14 to 20.79.
Still chipping away on my basis for DIVX.  I really preferred to sell Aug08 calls so that I could react easier if DIVX started to run [...]



Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY) - Sold Sep08 Puts

July 30th, 2008 at 11:21 am » Comments (0)

This morning I sold 2 AUY Sep08 10 Puts for a net deposit of $60.50 in an IRA account.  If put to me my basis for these AUY shares would be 9.70 and would be combined with 300 other AUY shares held in this account allowing me to average down my basis for the 500 [...]



DivX, Inc. (DIVX) - Sold Aug08 Calls

July 30th, 2008 at 11:15 am » Comments (0)

This morning I sold 2 DIVX Aug08 10 Covered Calls for $10.50 in my taxable account.  My basis is now 20.59 for these DIVX shares.
I have sat on these and DIVX shares in other accounts since their Mar08 calls expired.  There were a couple of reasons for my delay in selling new calls.  The first [...]