Saturday, January 3, 2026

January 2nd, 2026 Options Expiration Results

The Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio had four Covered Calls positions with January 2nd, 2026 options expiration dates.  Two positions (both in NVIDIA Corporation) closed in-the-money so their Calls expired and the shares were called away (i.e. sold) at their respective strike prices.  The other two positions in Generac Holdings Inc. and Microsoft Corporation closed out-of-the-money so their Calls expired and their shares remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.  A summary of results for each of these positions is as follows:

1. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) -- +11.2% absolute return (equivalent to +95.0% annualized return-on-investment) for the 43 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $182.50 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $188.85 per share.  The most recent blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here

2. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) -- +3.0% absolute return (equivalent to +79.0% annualized return-on-investment) for the 14 days of this investment.  This Covered Call position was assigned at the $180.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $188.85 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Call position is here

3. Generac Holdings Inc. (GNRC) -- This Covered Calls position closed yesterday at $141.10 which was well below its $155.00 strike price, so the two Call options expired and 200 Generac 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 Calls position by selling two Call options against the 200 Generac shares currently held or close out the position by selling the 200 shares.   

4. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) -- This Covered Call position closed yesterday at $472.94 which was below its $487.50 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 one Call option against the 100 Microsoft 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.

Wishing You a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!

Jeff Partlow
The Covered Calls Advisor
partlow@cox.net