On 1/19/2010, I sold 2 BMY Mar10 27 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $64.46 in an IRA account.  My basis for these BMY shares is now 24.45, less any dividends received.
BMY is one of my core stocks.  It pays a good dividend of .32 per quarter, up from .31 in the previous quarter.  [...]

on 1/19/2010, I sold 2 RYL Mar10 25 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $68.46 in an IRA account.  My basis for these RYL shares is now 32.80, excluding dividends received.
I chose the 25 strike price because it appears to be near a resistance level for the past 14 months or so.  I don’t [...]

On 1/19/10, I sold 4 YHOO Mar10 18 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $78.94 in an IRA account.  My basis for these YHOO shares is now 20.13.
Here I am, late writing about my transactions again.  Life just seems to get in the way.  I have several more transactions that I need to write [...]