Saturday, January 17, 2026

January 16th, 2026 Options Expiration Results

The Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio had thirteen Covered Calls positions with January 16th, 2026 monthly options expiration dates.  Ten positions closed in-the-money so their Calls expired and the shares were called away (i.e. sold) at their respective strike prices.  Three positions in Microsoft Corporation, ServiceNow Inc., and Universal Health Services Inc. closed out-of-the-money so their Calls expired and the shares remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.  A summary of results for each of these positions (in alphabetical order) is as follows:

1. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) -- +1.4% absolute return (equivalent to +32.1% annualized return-on-investment) for the 16 days of this investment.  This Covered Call position was assigned at the $227.50 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $239.12 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Call position is here

2. Cheniere Energy Inc. (LNG) -- +1.3% absolute return (equivalent to +34.7% annualized return-on-investment) for the 14 days of this investment.  This Covered Call position was assigned at the $190.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $206.70 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Call position is here

3. Dexcom Inc. (DXCM) -- +1.5% absolute return (equivalent to +31.8% annualized return-on-investment) for the 17 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $65.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $69.54 per share.  The most recent blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here.    

4. Fiserv Inc. (FISV) -- +1.9% absolute return (equivalent to +50.7% annualized return-on-investment) for the 14 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $65.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $66.29 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here.

5. Gap Inc. (GAP) -- +2.8% absolute return (equivalent to +57.0% annualized return-on-investment) for the 18 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $25.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $26.73 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here.    

6. Generac Holdings Inc. (GNRC) -- +1.2% absolute return (equivalent to +13.9% annualized return-on-investment) for the 32 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $150.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $160.85 per share.  The most recent blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here.

7. Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (HALO) -- +4.6% absolute return (equivalent to +34.0% annualized return-on-investment) for the 49 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $70.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $71.21 per share.  The most recent blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here

8. KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) -- +1.8% absolute return (equivalent to +41.9% annualized return-on-investment) for the 16 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $34.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $35.71 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here.    

9. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) -- This Covered Call position closed yesterday at $459.86 which was well below its $485.00 strike price, so the one Call option expired and 100 MSFT shares now remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.  The most recent blog post detailing this position is here.  Early in this upcoming week I will decide to either continue this Covered Call position by selling a Call option against the 100 Microsoft shares currently held or close out the position by selling these shares.   

10. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) -- +2.1% absolute return (equivalent to +54.6% annualized return-on-investment) for the 14 days of this investment.  This Covered Call position was assigned at the $185.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $186.23 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Call position is here.    

11. Pinterest Inc. (PINS) -- +1.7% absolute return (equivalent to +36.1% annualized return-on-investment) for the 17 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $25.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $25.91 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here.

12. ServiceNow Inc. (NOW) -- This Covered Call position closed yesterday at $127.31 which was well below its $145.00 strike price, so the one Call option expired and 100 NOW shares now remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.  The original blog post detailing this position is here.  Early in this upcoming week I will decide to either continue this Covered Call position by selling a Call option against the 100 ServiceNow shares currently held or close out the position by selling these shares. 

13. Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) -- This Covered Call position closed yesterday at $199.88 which was well below its $220.00 strike price, so the one Call option expired and 100 Universal Health Services shares now remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.  The original blog post detailing this position is here.  Early in this upcoming week I will decide to either continue this Covered Call position by selling the one Call option against the 100 UHS shares currently held or close out the position by selling the 100 shares.

I welcome your feedback at my email address shown below on anything related to the Covered Calls investing strategy.

Jeff Partlow
The Covered Calls Advisor
partlow@cox.net