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Dean Foods Company (DF) – Sold 2 Nov08 Calls

October 28th, 2008 at 4:23 pm » Comments (0)

I sold 2 DF Nov08 22.50 Covered Calls on 10/20/08 for a net deposit of $110.50 in an IRA account.  My basis for these DF shares is now 32.93. Not much to say about DF.  I am really only holding on to it until I can sell it for a profit, or at least above [...]



Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY) – Sold 5 Jan09 Calls

October 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm » Comments (0)

I sold 5 AUY Jan09 10 Covered Calls on 10/20/08 for a net deposit of $113.25 in an IRA account.  My basis for these AUY shares is now 6.01. As you may know, I normally like to sell closer months but needed to go out to Jan09 in this case to get a reasonable return.  [...]



The Ryland Group, Inc. (RYL) – Sold Nov08 Call

October 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pm » Comments (0)

I sold 2 RYL Nov08 25 Covered Calls on 10/20/08 for a net deposit of $90.50 in an IRA account.  My basis for these RYL shares is now 36.41. Once again I am behind in documenting my trading activity and other thoughts.  Life seems to intrude.  I am going to try to move quickly through [...]