All of the options that I still held at expiration expired worthless except for VLO.  I rolled out one option 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 [...]

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 11/20/09, I received notice of the following dividends paid in IRA accounts for a total of $96.88: Stock Shares Total Dividend Div per Share Basis [...]

Yesterday, I BTC 2 BA Nov09 50 Covered Calls and STO 2 BA May10 55 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $200.98 in an IRA account.  My basis for these BA shares is now 52.40, excluding dividends received. I had hoped that BA would stay below the $50 level but it doesn’t seem as [...]