All of the options that I still held at expiration expired worthless except for DSX.  I rolled out 7 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 [...]

Near the end of trading yesterday, 12/17/09, I STO 2 BAC Jan10 15 Puts for a net deposit of 120.49 in an IRA account.  My basis for these BAC shares would be 14.40 if put to me. This transaction represents a 3.8% raw return or 48.82% annualized, on the strike price.  BAC currently pays only a .01 [...]

Today, I BTC 2 CCJ Dec09 28 Covered Calls and STO 2 CCJ Jan11 35 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $206.98 in an IRA account.  My basis for these CCJ shares is now 32.52, excluding dividends received. CCJ pays a small dividend of .06 per quarter for a yield of about .74% on [...]