All of the options that I still held at expiration expired worthless.  I rolled out 3 ZQK options that would have resulted in stock being called away from me.  Those that I rolled out are shown as BTC (Bought to Close) in the Result column.  The expired and assigned options listed below represent a total [...]

On Friday, Mar 19, 2010, I BTC 3 ZQK Mar10 2.50 Covered Calls and STO 3 ZQK Aug10 5 Covered Calls at a net cost of $404.57, or 1.35 per share.  My basis for these ZQK shares is now 11.31. I contemplated letting these ZQK shares be called away but in the end decided to [...]

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.  Year to date I have received a total of $1,518.91 in dividends in my various accounts for 2010. I have recently received notice of the following [...]