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Philip Morris International Inc (PM) – Sold Aug10 Call

June 28th, 2010 at 12:37 pm » Comments (0)

Today 6/28/10, I sold 2 PM Aug10 50 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $60.46 an IRA account.  My basis for these PM shares is now 45.96, excluding dividends received. I would prefer to have sold the 55 strike price like I last did in April but they are not available until September and [...]



BP plc (ADR) (BP) – Rolled Down Oct10 Calls

June 25th, 2010 at 11:38 am » Comments (1)

Today, 6/25/10, I BTC 5 BP Oct10 40 Covered Calls and STO 5 BP Oct10 35 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $442.36 in an IRA account.  My basis for these BP shares is now 59.62, excluding dividends received.  I continue to be nervous about BP and my investment in it.  However, I am [...]



BIOVAIL CORPORATION (BVF) – Rolled Out Jul10 Calls

June 22nd, 2010 at 12:37 pm » Comments (0)

Today, 6/2210, I BTC 6 BVF Jul10 17.50 Covered Calls and STO 6 BVF Jan11 17.50 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $630.81 in two IRA accounts.  That is 4 contracts in one account and 2 contracts in the other account.    My basis for these BVF shares is now 14.06 and 17.38 respectively, excluding [...]