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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Closed Covered Calls Position in Euronet Worldwide Inc.

At last Friday's April 19th, 2024 options expiration, the Covered Calls position in Euronet Worldwide Inc. (ticker EEFT) expired with the stock price at $102.38 which was below the $105.00 strike price, so the 200 shares remained in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio. By today, the price of Euronet Worldwide shares recovered along with the overall market and the Covered Calls Advisor decided to close out the position by selling the 200 shares at $106.125 per share.

As detailed below, the return-on-investment result for this Euronet Worldwide Inc. Covered Calls position was +2.9% absolute return-on-investment in 34 days (equivalent to a +33.4% annualized return-on-investment). 


Euronet Worldwide Inc. (EEFT) -- Covered Calls Position Closed Out 

The Buy/Write transaction was as follows:
3/22/2024 Bought 200 shares of Euronet Worldwide Inc. @ $108.22 per share.  
3/22/2024 Sold 2 EEFT April 19th, 2024 $105.00 Call options @ $5.12 per share.  The Implied Volatility of these Call options was 23.3 and the Delta was 68.9 when this transaction was executed.
4/19/2024 200 Euronet Worldwide shares closed out-of-the-money so 2 Calls expired and 200 EEFT shares remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.
4/23/2024 200 Euronet Worldwide shares were sold at $106.125 per share to close out this Covered Calls position.

The overall performance result (including commissions) for this Euronet Worldwide Inc. Covered Calls position was as follows:
Covered Calls Net Investment: $20,621.34
= ($108.22 - $5.12) * 200 shares + $1.34 commission

Net Profit:
(a) Options Income: +$1,022.66
= ($5.12 * 200 shares) - $1.34 commission
(b) Dividend Income: +$0.00
(c) Capital Appreciation (200 Euronet Worldwide Inc. shares sold at $106.125): -$419.00
+($106.125 - $108.22) * 200 shares

Total Net Profit (200 EEFT shares sold at $106.125 to close out this Covered Calls position): +$603.66
= (+$1,022.66 options income +$0.00 dividend income -$419.00 capital appreciation)

Absolute Return-on-Investment: +2.9%
= +$603.66/$20,621.34
Potential Annualized Return-on-Investment: +33.4%
= (+$603.66/$20,621.34) * (365/32 days)