Friday was options expiration for June 2012. Today, July 2012 covered calls positions were established by selling calls against long positions in three existing equities in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio (CCAP). The detailed transactions history for these positions are shown below. The overall return-on-investment results for each position will be calculated and presented when the positions are closed.
1. Halliburton Co. -- Continuation
03/07/2012 Bought 300 Halliburton Co. Shares @ $34.02
03/08/2012 Sold 3 HAL Mar2012 $35.00 Calls @ $.48
Note: the price of Halliburton was $34.59 today when the calls were sold.
03/18/2012 Mar2012 options expired.
03/19/2012 Sold 3 HAL Apr2012 $35.00 Calls @ $1.18
Note: the price of HAL was $34.90 when these options were sold.
04/22/2012 HAL Apr2012 Call options expired.
04/25/2012 Sold 3 HAL May2012 $35.00 Calls at $.52
Note: the price of HAL was $33.95 when these call options were sold.
05/19/2012 HAL May2012 Call options expired.
05/31/2012 Sold 3 HAL Jun2012 $30.00 Calls at $.93
Note: the price of HAL was $30.04 when these call options were sold.
06/15/2012 Jun2012 options expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 3 HAL Jul2012 $30.00 Calls at $.72
Note: the price of HAL was $29.30 when these call options were sold.
2. Market Vectors Russia Index ETF -- Continuation
The transactions history is as follows:
03/23/2012 Bought 300 RSX @ $30.85 03/23/2012
Sold 3 RSX Apr2012 $31.00 Calls @ $1.10
Note: the price of RSX was $30.95 these call options were sold.
04/22/2012 RSX Apr2012 Call options expired.
04/25/2012 Sold 3 RSX May2012 $31.00 Calls at $.35
Note: the price of RSX was $29.72 when these call options were sold.
05/19/2012 RSX Jun2012 Call options expired.
06/04/2012 Sold 3 RSX Jun2012 $24.00 Calls at $.50
06/15/2012 Jun2012 options expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 3 RSX Jul2012 $27.00 Calls at $.55
Note: the price of RSX was $26.12 when these call options were sold.
3. Morgan Stanley -- Continuation
The transactions history is as follows:
04/04/2012 Bought 300 MS @ $18.82
04/04/2012 Sold 3 MS Apr2012 $19.00 Calls @ $.66
Note: the price of MS was $18.87 today when the call options were sold.
04/22/2012 Apr2012 MS options expired.
04/26/2012 Ex-dividend of $15.00 ($.05 per share * 300 shares)
05/01/2012 Sold 3 MS May2012 $18.00 Call Options @ $.32
Note: the price of MS was $17.42 when these options were sold.
05/19/2012 MS Jun2012 Call options expired.
06/04/2012 Sold 3 MS Jun2012 $15.00 Calls at $.32
06/15/2012 Jun2012 options expired.
06/18/2012 Sold 3 MS Jul2012 $15.00 Calls at $.53
Note: the price of MS was $14.20 when these call options were sold.
