Today I BTC 2 AMD Oct09 5 Covered Calls and STO 2 AMD Jan11 7.50 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $38.99 in my taxable account.  My basis for these AMD shares is now 16.26.
AMD has been pretty much moving up since early Mar09.  It took a dip down in June and was down [...]

Yesterday I sold 1000 shares of NFLD at a net loss of $4054.00 in my taxable account.
This was a highly speculative stock that I had owned for several years.  I sold Covered Calls on NFLD until they were no longer offered.  My last options expired in Jan09.  The company was on a quest to develop [...]

Yesterday I BTC 5 AUY Oct09 8 Covered Calls and STO 8 AUY Jan12 10 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $602.45 in three IRA accounts.  My basis for these AUY shares is now 7.63, 8.17 and 9.45, excluding dividends, in the various account.
As I pondered all of the money that the Feds have [...]