Money and Finance
Well yesterday I sold 2 more call options on HAL, my ESPP shares. On Monday HAL announced earnings for 1Q 2013 and the results were quite positive and the shares in turn made a nice move up. With HAL continuing the increase Tuesday and trading back to around $39.50 I sold to open 2 call options. If you remember I recently devised a strategy to try and maximize option premium and continue to diversify away from my employer's stock. Once again the patience bug, or lack of patience, struck again. I should have sold a deeper in the money call for the second call option since it's longer dated and would offer a better nominal return if I closed it out early. Oh well, live and learn right?
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- Recent Option Transaction
Well the third Friday of October rolled around and that means that it's expiration day for those that dabble in options. I had originally sold a call option on 100 shares of HAL which I purchased through the ESPP program at work back in August....
- Recent Option Transactions
With the continued market weakness on Wednesday and Thursday this past week, I closed out the $39 and $41 call options that I had open on some of my HAL shares. I recent devised a strategy to try and maximize income and diversify out of my employer's...
- Recent Transactions
I have two more option trades to report from yesterday. I recently bought to close the $39 call option that I had sold on HAL that was expiring in April for a nice little profit. Since this freed up 100 more shares to sell a covered call on I did...
- Recent Transaction
With today being expiration Friday, I figured we'd revisit the call options that I sold on 200 shares of Bank of America back in mid-August. I originally performed a buy-write of 200 shares which involves purchasing the shares and simultaneously...
- Recent Transaction
Yesterday I bought back the $42 Hal 07202012 Call option that I sold in early February. When I originally sold the option I was hoping that it would just expire since I didn't want to have to deal with the extra taxes due to the shares being bought...
Money and Finance
Recent Option Transactions
Well yesterday I sold 2 more call options on HAL, my ESPP shares. On Monday HAL announced earnings for 1Q 2013 and the results were quite positive and the shares in turn made a nice move up. With HAL continuing the increase Tuesday and trading back to around $39.50 I sold to open 2 call options. If you remember I recently devised a strategy to try and maximize option premium and continue to diversify away from my employer's stock. Once again the patience bug, or lack of patience, struck again. I should have sold a deeper in the money call for the second call option since it's longer dated and would offer a better nominal return if I closed it out early. Oh well, live and learn right?
Read more »
- Recent Option Transaction
Well the third Friday of October rolled around and that means that it's expiration day for those that dabble in options. I had originally sold a call option on 100 shares of HAL which I purchased through the ESPP program at work back in August....
- Recent Option Transactions
With the continued market weakness on Wednesday and Thursday this past week, I closed out the $39 and $41 call options that I had open on some of my HAL shares. I recent devised a strategy to try and maximize income and diversify out of my employer's...
- Recent Transactions
I have two more option trades to report from yesterday. I recently bought to close the $39 call option that I had sold on HAL that was expiring in April for a nice little profit. Since this freed up 100 more shares to sell a covered call on I did...
- Recent Transaction
With today being expiration Friday, I figured we'd revisit the call options that I sold on 200 shares of Bank of America back in mid-August. I originally performed a buy-write of 200 shares which involves purchasing the shares and simultaneously...
- Recent Transaction
Yesterday I bought back the $42 Hal 07202012 Call option that I sold in early February. When I originally sold the option I was hoping that it would just expire since I didn't want to have to deal with the extra taxes due to the shares being bought...