January 9th, 2026 Options Expiration Results

The Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio had four Covered Calls positions with January 9th, 2026 options expiration dates.  One position (Medtronic PLC) closed in-the-money so the three Call options expired and the shares were called away (i.e. sold) at its $96.00 strike price.  The other three positions in NVIDIA Corporation, NetApp Inc., and Dell Holdings Inc. closed out-of-the-money so their Calls expired and their shares now remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.  A summary of results for each of these positions is as follows:

1. Medtronic PLC (MDT) -- +1.5% absolute return (equivalent to +24.2% annualized return-on-investment) for the 23 days of this investment.  This Covered Calls position was assigned at the $96.00 strike price since the stock closed in-the-money at $97.53 per share.  The original blog post detailing this Covered Calls position is here. 

2. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) -- This Covered Call position closed yesterday at $184.86 which was slightly below its $185.00 strike price, so the one Call option expired and 100 NVIDIA 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 most likely decide to continue this Covered Call position by selling a Call option against the 100 NVIDIA shares currently held or possibly close out the position by selling the shares.

3. NetApp Inc. (NTAP) -- This Covered Call position closed yesterday at $105.39 which was below its $107.00 strike price, so the one Call option expired and 100 NetApp 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 NetApp shares currently held or close out the position by selling the shares. 

4. Dell Holdings Inc. (DELL) -- This Covered Calls position closed yesterday at $120.62 which was well below its $130.00 strike price, so the two Call options expired and 200 Dell 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 Callsposition by selling two Call options against the 200 Dell shares currently held or close out the position by selling the shares. 

As always, 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