Today I sold 2 BA Aug09 45 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $58.49 in an IRA account.  My basis for these BA shares is now 63.99, excluding dividends received. I waited to sell new Covered Calls on BA until after their quarterly reporting.  As it turns out, I should not have waited. My [...]

Today I sold 10 C Dec09 2 Puts for a net deposit of $192.44 in an IRA account.  My basis would be 1.81 if this stock is put to me. I’ve been watching C for a few weeks now thinking that it might be a trade of some sort.  I certainly don’t think it is [...]

Today I BTC 6 BVF Aug09 12.50 Covered Calls at a net cost of $1104.51 in two IRA accounts. You may remember that I rolled BVF Julo9 Calls out at the same strike price on Jul 9.  At the time I thought that maybe BVF would drift back down.  I now think that BVF will continue [...]