Yesterday I BTC 4 KMX Oct08 25 Puts and STO 4 KMX Apr09 25 Puts for a net deposit of $457.99 in an IRA account. If assigned my basis would now be 18.87 if these KMX shares are assigned to me.
KMX does not pay a dividend so it does not meet my general investment philosophy. I intend [...]
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CarMax, Inc (KMX) - Rolled out Oct08 Puts
August 28th, 2008 at 9:35 am » Comments (0)
Alcoa Inc. (AA) - BTC Oct08 Puts STO Apr09 Puts
August 28th, 2008 at 9:28 am » Comments (0)
Yesterday (yes I am finally caught up) I BTC 4 AA Oct 40 Puts and STO 4 AA Apr09 Puts for a net deposit of $497.99 in my taxable account. My basis for these AA shares would now be 34.70 if assigned.
Although AA has been trending up recently I decided to reduce my chance of being surprised [...]
ValueClick Inc (VCLK) - Sold Sep08 Calls
August 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm » Comments (0)
On 8/25/08, I sold 2 VLCK Sep08 15 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $20.50 in my taxable account. My basis is now 23.09.
VCLK does not pay a dividend so does not meet my general investing philosophy. It also does not provide very good option premiums at this time. Unless something changes, I will continue [...]
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