On 2/25/09, I sold 6 ALSK 7.50 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $139.50 in two IRA accounts, 4 in one and 2 in the  other.  My basis for these ALSK shares is now 12.26 for the 400 shares and 14.25 for the 200 shares, excluding dividends received. I would have preferred to sell [...]

On 2/24/09, I sold 2 DSX Mar09 15 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $50.50 in an IRA account.  My basis for these DSX shares is now 35.07, excluding dividends received. DSX continues to be highly rated by the various analysts with its low debt and quality long term ship contracts cited at major [...]

On 2/24/09, I sold 5 AA Mar09 7.50 Calls for a net deposit of $68.35 in an IRA account.  My basis for these AA shares is now 28.99, excluding dividends received. AA pays a dividend of .17 per quarter which is about a 10.9% yield at its current price of 6.23.  Of course, I own [...]