Many of the stocks that I own and write Covered Calls upon also pay dividends.  Dividends happen on a regular basis and add significantly to my annual investment income. This week, I received the following dividends in various IRA accounts for a total of $62.00: Stock Shares Total Dividend Div per Share Basis per share [...]

Many of the stocks that I own and write Covered Calls upon also pay dividends.  Dividends happen on a regular basis and add significantly to my annual investment income. This week, I received the following dividends in various IRA accounts for a total of $62.00: Stock Shares Total Dividend Div per Share Basis per share [...]

Today I BTC 2 IR May09 17.50 Covered Calls and STO 2 IR Jun09 22.50 Covered Calls for a net debit of $544.99 in an IRA account.  My basis for IR is now 50.40, excluding dividends. I rolled my strike price up $5 at a cost of 2.73.  Just last month I rolled IR out [...]