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Friday, July 31, 2020

Early Assignment of Citigroup Inc. Covered Calls

When this Citigroup Covered Calls position was established yesterday (link to yesterday's post is here), the Covered Calls Advisor said "In the unlikely event that the owner of these Call options exercises their option before market close today, the Covered Calls Advisor would make a $93.32 profit [($.24 time value per share x 400 shares) - $2.68 commission] in one day."  Surprisingly, the Citigroup stock price increased from $50.20 yesterday morning to $50.87 at yesterday's market close, so the initial time value of $.24 per share [$1.94 Call options premium - ($50.20 stock price - $48.50 strike price] when the position was established declined to close to $0.00 at the end of trading yesterday.  So, the owner of the Calls exercised their Call options to buy the stock and capture today's $.51 ex-dividend and the Covered Calls Advisor made the $93.32 profit in a single day.

The details of this transaction are shown below in the same format as is normally used to show the transactions and financial results from Covered Calls positions when they are closed out.


Citigroup Inc.(C) -- Covered Calls Position Closed by Early Assignment
The transactions were as follows:
07/30/2020 Bought 400 shares of Citigroup @ $50.20 per share 
07/30/2020 Sold 4 Citigroup August 7th, 2020 $48.50 Call options @ $1.94 per share
Note: the Implied Volatility of the Call option was 27.7
07/31/2020 Early exercise of 4 Citi August 7th, 2020 $48.50 Call options, so 400 Citigroup shares were assigned (i.e. sold) at the $48.50 strike price.

The financial performance result (including commissions) was as follows:
Covered Calls Cost Basis: $19,306.68
= ($50.20 - $1.94) * 400 shares + $2.68 commission

Net Profit Components:
(a) Options Income: +$776.00
= ($1.94 * 400 shares)
(b) Dividend Income: +$0.00
(c) Capital Appreciation: -$680.00
= ($48.50 -$50.20) * 400 shares

Total Net Profit: +$93.32
= (+$776.00 options income +$0.00 dividend income -$680.00 capital appreciation) - $2.68 commission

Absolute Return: +0.48%
= +$93.32/$19,306.68
Equivalent Annualized Return: +176.4%
= (+$93.32/$19,306.68)*(365/1 day)