It was a busy week in
the Rescue My IRA account, so I have a couple of blog posts coming up in the next
few days. Today I will write about two
adjustments I recently made, to stocks DOW and AFL, and then early next week I
will write about some new positions I established with the proceeds from the
three call assignments I had during February 2013.
As a practice, I will
consider a roll-out on any position where the call I have established reaches a
value of 20 cents per share or less.
Lately, I have had occasion, given the market’s action this year, to do
roll-ups – closing out a lower strike and selling a higher strike, but in the
two cases today the approach was more typical.
Here’s the analysis of
the two positions.
DOW
The DOW position
consists of 300 shares. My basis is $31.85
per share, and the stock is trading slightly below there. I am selling 33 strikes and rolling them
monthly; this transaction rolled out March options to April.
Total option
premiums: $656.18
Total dividend
payments (including the forecast March ex-dividend): $352.00
Total stock gain at $33: $327.47
Total, absolute gain
on the position: $1,335.65
Total, absolute return
percentage ($1,335.65/$9,554.53): 13.98%
Annualized total
return percentage (held approx 300 days):
17.01%
AFL
This is a 200 share
position I established in January with a 100 share purchase. I added another 100 share lot last week,
averaging my per share basis down while simultaneously rolling the position out
a month. My current share basis is
$51.62, and I am selling 55 strikes – the current contract is August 2013.
Total option
premiums: $246.46
Total dividend
payments (counting ex-dates through the contract term): $175.00
Total stock gain at $55: 658.89
Total, absolute gain
on the position: $1,080.35
Total, absolute return
percentage ($1,080.35/$10,324.00): 10.46%
Annualized total
return percentage (held 210 days): 18.19%
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