On Tuesday, 9/22/09, I sold 2 DF Nov09 20 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $48.49 in an IRA account.  My basis for these DF shares is now 31.64, excluding dividends received. DF is not really one of my core holdings because it does not pay a dividend, although it did once pay a hefty $15 [...]

All of the options that I still held at expiration expired worthless.  I rolled out several options that might have resulted in stock being called away from me which I still wanted to retain for one reason or another.  Those that I rolled out are shown as BTC (Bought to Close) in the Result column.  [...]

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. On 9/16/09 I received the following dividends in IRA accounts for a total of $30.00: Stock Shares Total Dividend Div per Share Basis per share % [...]