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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Early Assignment of Covered Calls Position in Citigroup Inc.

My five Citigroup Inc. November 8th, 2024 Call options were exercised on Friday 11/01/2024.  Because Citi's stock price increased from $62.67 when this position was established to $63.71 at yesterday's market close, the original $.53 time value in the Calls when the position was established had declined on yesterday's market close to $0.00, so (with seven days remaining until the November 8th options expiration date), the owner of these Calls exercised their option to buy the 500 shares at the $60.00 strike price in order to receive Monday's $.56 per share ex-dividend. 

The post when this Citigroup Covered Calls position was originally established is here.  As detailed below, the return-on-investment result for this Citigroup Covered Calls position was +0.9% absolute return-on-investment in 8 days (equivalent to a +40.1% annualized return-on-investment).


Citigroup Inc. (C) -- Covered Calls Position Closed by Early Assignment

The simultaneous buy/write transaction was:
10/24/2024 Bought 500 Citigroup Inc. shares @ $62.67.
10/24/2024 Sold 5 C 11/08/2024 $60.00 Call options @ $3.20 per share.
Note: The Implied Volatility of the Call options was 27.9 when this position was transacted.
10/01/2024 Five C 11/08/2024 $60.00 Calls exercised early, so the Calls expired and the 500 Citigroup shares were sold at the $60.00 strike price.

The overall performance results (including commissions) for this Citigroup Inc. Covered Calls position were as follows:
Covered Calls Cost Basis: $29,738.35
= ($62.67 - $3.20) * 500 shares + $3.35 commission

Net Profit Components:
(a) Options Income: +$1,596.65
= ($3.20 * 500 shares) - $3.35 commission
(b) Dividend Income: +$0.00
(c) Capital Appreciation (Citi Call options assigned early on October 31st): -$1,335.00
+($60.00 strike price - $62.67 stock purchase price) * 500 shares

Total Net Profit: +$261.65
= (+$1,596.65 options income +$0.00 dividend income -$1,335.00 capital appreciation)

Absolute Return-on-Investment: +0.9%
= +$261.65/$29,738.35
Annualized Return-on-Investment: +40.1%
= (+$261.65/$29,738.35) * (365/8 days)

This transaction means that I currently have no remaining Covered Calls positions in my Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.  All available cash is in the Schwab Value Advantage Money Fund (SWVXX) whose current 7-day yield is 4.68%.  I will resume with new Covered Calls positions after Tuesday's election.