Upon the July 21, 2017 options expiration last week, the Covered Calls position in Devon Energy Corp. (ticker symbol DVN) expired with the stock price below the $33.00 strike price. So, the July Call options expired and the 500 shares of Devon stock were retained in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio. Today, when Devon stock was at $33.63, a sell-to-open order was executed to sell 5 August 18th, 2017 Call options at the $35.00 strike price for $.65 per share to continue the Devon Covered Calls position.
The history of this Devon Energy position so far as well as a potential return-on-investment result is detailed below:
Devon Energy Corp. (DVN) -- Continuation Covered Calls Position
The transactions were as follows:
05/25/2017 Bought 500 Devon Energy Corp. shares @ $37.45
05/25/2017 Sold 5 DVN June 16, 2017 $36.00 Call options @ $2.10
Note: this was a simultaneous buy/write transaction.
06/13/2017 Ex-dividend of $30.00 ($.06 x 500 shares)
06/16/2017 5 DVN June 16th, 2017 Call options expired
Note: the price of DVN stock closed at $31.76 upon the June 16th options expiration date.
07/03/2017 Sold 5 DVN July 21, 2017 $33.00 Call options @ $.87 per share
07/21/2017 5 DVN Call options expired
07/26/2017 Sold 5 DVN Aug 18, 2017 $35.00 Call options @ $.65 per share
A possible overall performance result (including commissions) would be as follows:
Bought 500 shares DVN: $18,729.95
= $37.45*500 + $4.95 commission
Net Profit:
(a) Options Income: +$1,800.25
= ($2.10 + $.87+ $.65) *500 shares - 3*$3.25 commissions
(b) Dividend Income: +$30.00
= $.06 * 500 shares
(c) Capital Appreciation (If DVN is above $35.00 strike price at August 18th, 2017 expiration): -$1,229.95
= ($35.00-$37.45)*500 shares - $4.95 commissions
Total Net Profit (If DVN stock is above $35.00 strike price at August 18, 2017 options expiration): +$600.30
= (+$1,800.25 options income +$30.00 dividends -$1,229.95 capital appreciation)
Absolute Return: +3.2%
= +600.30/$18,729.95
Annualized Return: +13.8%
= (+600.30/$18,729.95)*(365/85 days)