Today, 3/31/11, I sold 2 OLN Apr11 22.50 Puts for a net deposit of $48.47 in my taxable account.  If assigned to me, my basis for these OLN shares would be about 22.26 plus trading costs.  This transaction yields a simple return on my potential assigned price of about 1.07%% and an annualized return of [...]

Today, 3/28/11, I sold 2 T Apr11 29 Puts for a net deposit of $62.47 in an IRA account.  My basis for these T shares will be about 28.69 if they are assigned to me.  This transaction represents a simple return of about 1.07% and an annualized return of about 20.64%. I was already considering [...]

Today, 3/25/11, I BTC 5 AUY Jan12 10 Covered Calls and STO 5 AUY Jan13 10 Covered Calls for a net deposit of $268.39 in three IRA accounts.  My basis for these AUY shares is now 10.07, 9.53 and 11.20, excluding dividends received, in the various accounts.  These transactions represent simple returns of about 4.58%, [...]