Today, Feb 23, 2010, I sold 3 ZQK Mar10 2.50 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $17.71 in my taxable account.  My basis for these ZQK shares is now 9.97. ZQK was trading around 2.35 when I sold these Calls.  Then, late in the day, it jumped up to close at 2.50.  I don’t [...]

Yesterday, Feb 22, 2010, I sold 1 FCX May10 90 Covered Call for a net deposit of $172.21 in an IRA account.  My basis for these FCX shares is now 87.46, excluding dividends received. I had a few choices for which Call to sell on FCX and decided to sell the May10 Call to coincide [...]

Yesterday, Feb 22, 2010, I sold 3 MWW Sep10 20 Calls for a net deposit of $107.71 in an IRA account.  My basis for these MWW shares is now 24.10. I had sold 2 MWW Feb10 17.50 Puts that were assigned to me last Friday.  An effect was to reduce my MWW basis to 24.10 [...]