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Monday, June 18, 2012

Continuation Transactions -- Apple Inc., Goldcorp Inc., Hess Corp., iShares MSCI China ETF, and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Friday was options expiration for June 2012. Today, July 2012 covered calls positions were established by selling calls against long positions in five of the equities in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio (CCAP). The detailed transactions history for these positions are shown below. The overall return-on-investment results for each position will be calculated and presented when the position is closed.

1. Apple Inc. -- Continuation
The transactions history is as follows:
03/19/2012 Bought 100 AAPL shares @ $593.00
03/19/2012 Sold 1 AAPL Apr2012 $620.00 Call Option @ $18.25
Note: the price of AAPL was $595.43 when this call option was sold.
04/22/2012 AAPL Apr2012 Call options expired.
04/25/2012 Sold 1 AAPL May2012 $630.00 Call at $15.50
Note: the price of AAPL was $617.60 when this call option was sold.
05/19/2012 AAPL May2012 Call options expired.
05/31/2012 Sold 1 AAPL Jun2012 $590.00 Call at $8.60
Note: the price of AAPL was $576.56 when this call option was sold.
06/15/2012 Jun2012 option expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 1 AAPL Jul2012 $590.00 Call at $10.90
Note: the price of AAPL was $574.92 when this call option was sold.

2. Goldcorp Inc. -- Continuation
03/07/2012 Bought 200 Goldcorp Shares @ $46.75
03/08/2012 Sold 2 GG Apr2012 $48.00 Calls @ $1.55
Note: the price of Goldcorp was $47.14 today when the calls were sold.
04/22/2012 GG Apr2012 Call options expired.
04/25/2012 Sold 2 GG May2012 $43.00 Calls at $.52
Note: the price of GG was $40.69 when these call options were sold.
05/19/2012 GG May2012 Call options expired.
05/31/2012 Sold 2 GG Jun2012 $39.00 Calls at $.49
Note: the price of GG was $36.65 when these call options were sold.
06/15/2012 Jun2012 options expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 2 GG Jul2012 $40.00 Calls at $1.28
Note: the price of GG was $38.99 when these call options were sold.

3. Hess Corp.(HES) -- Continuation
The transactions history is as follows:
03/19/2012 Bought 200 HES shares @ $62.572
03/19/2012 Sold 2 HES Apr2012 $65.00 Call Options @ $1.24
Note: the price of HES was $63.24 when these calls were sold.
04/22/2012 Apr2012 HES options expired.
05/01/2012 Sold 2 HES May2012 $55.00 Call Options @ $.74
Note: the price of HES was $53.35 when these options were sold.
05/19/2012 HES Jun2012 Call options expired.
06/04/2012 Sold 2 HES Jun2012 $45.50 Calls at $1.18
06/15/2012 Jun2012 options expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 2 HES Jul2012 $45.00 Calls at $1.20
Note: the price of HES was $43.56 when these options were sold.

4. iShares MSCI China ETF (FXI) -- Continuation
04/18/2011 Bought 1,000 FXI @ $44.80 04/20/2011
Sold 10 FXI May2011 $47.00 Calls @ $.49
Note: the price of FXI was $45.88 when the calls were sold.
05/31/2011 Sold 10 FXI Jul2011 $47.00 Calls @ $.37
Note: The price of FXI was $45.18 when these call options were sold.
06/21/2011 FXI ETF distribution of $.68555 per share
07/16/2011 Jul2011 FXI options expired.
07/18/2011 Sold 10 FXI Aug2011 $42.00 Calls @$.71
08/20/2011 Aug2011 FXI options expired.
08/22/2011 Sold 10 FXI Sep2011 $42.00 Calls @ $.65
09/17/2011 Sep2011 FXI options expired.
09/20/2011 Sold 10 FXI Oct2011 $38.00 Calls @ $.47
10/22/2011 Oct2011 options expired.
10/26/2011 Sold 10 FXI Nov2011 $37.00 Calls @ $.86
11/19/2011 Nov2011 FXI options expired.
11/30/2011 Sold 10 FXI Jan2012 $38.00 Calls @ $1.10
Note: the price of FXI was $36.42 today when these call options were sold. 12/20/2011 Ex-Distribution $79.40 = $.0794 * 1,000 shares
01/20/2012 Bought-to-Close 10 FXI Jan2012 $38.00 Calls @ $.68
Note: the price of FXI was $38.67 when these call options were bought.
01/20/2012 Sold 10 FXI Feb2012 $40.00 Calls @ $.49
Note: the price of FXI was $38.72 today when these call options were sold. 02/17/2012 Bought-to-Close 10 FXI Feb2012 $40.00 Calls @ $.27
02/17/2012 Sold-to-Open 10 FXI Mar2012 $40.00 Calls @ $1.30
Note: the price of FXI was $40.25 when these transactions were made.
03/17/2012 Mar2012 FXI options expired.
04/03/2012 Sold 10 FXI Apr2012 $38.00 Calls @ $.44
Note: the price of FXI was $37.31 when these options were sold.
04/22/2012 FXI Apr2012 Call options expired.
04/25/2012 Sold 10 FXI May2012 $38.00 Calls at $.70
Note: the price of FXI was $37.70 when these call options were sold.
05/19/2012 FXI May2012 Call options expired.
05/31/2012 Sold 10 FXI Jun2012 $34.00 Calls at $.57
Note: the price of FXI was $33.50 when these call options were sold.
06/15/2012 Jun2012 options expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 10 FXI Jul2012 $35.00 Calls at $.56
Note: the price of FXI was $34.57 when these options were sold.

5. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) -- Continuation
03/21/2012 Bought 500 EEM shares @ $43.31
03/21/2012 Sold 5 EEM Apr2012 $44.00 Call Options @ $.78
04/22/2012 EEM Apr2012 Call options expired.
04/25/2012 Sold 5 EEM May2012 $43.00 Calls at $.50
Note: the price of EEM was $42.20 when these call options were sold.
05/19/2012 EEM May2012 Call options expired.
05/31/2012 Sold 5 EEM Jun2012 $38.00 Calls at $.93
Note: the price of EEM was $37.53 when these call options were sold.
06/15/2012 Jun2012 options expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 5 EEM Jul2012 $39.00 Calls at $.93
Note: the price of EEM was $38.85 when these options were sold.