Friday, September 15, 2017

September 2017 Options Expiration Results

 The Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio had eight Covered Calls positions with September 15th, 2017 options expirations.  Every position  closed in-the-money, so the maximum possible return-on-investment result was achieved for each of these positions:
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.:  +3.15% absolute return (+31.9% annualized return) in 36 days
  • Applied Materials Inc.:  +2.1% absolute return (+35.1% annualized return) in 22 days  
  • Bank of America Corp.: +1.3% absolute return (+13.2% annualized return) in 37 days
  • Delta Air Lines Inc. (position #1): +1.0% absolute return (+7.8% annualized return) in 45 days
  • Delta Air Lines Inc. (position #2): +2.3% absolute return (+21.9% annualized return) in 37 days
  • Micron Technology Inc.+2.1% absolute return (+29.3% annualized return) in 26 days
  • Tenneco Inc.: +1.22% absolute return (+23.4% annualized return) in 19 days
  • Voya Financial Inc.+1.7% absolute return (+23.5% annualized return) in 26 days
The cash now available in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio from the closing of these positions will be retained until new Covered Calls and/or 100% Cash-Secured Puts positions are established.  Any new position(s) established with this available cash will be posted on this site on the same day the transactions occur.