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Monday, February 14, 2022

Rolled-Up-and-Out Lennar Corporation Covered Calls

As posted from last Friday's weekly options expiration, the Covered Calls position in Lennar Corporation closed out-of-the-money, so 200 LEN shares remained in the Covered Calls Advisor portfolio. This morning, when the stock was $91.96, two March 18th, 2022 $95.00 Calls were sold at $3.71 per share in an effort to continue to repair this losing position. The details of the transactions so far and two potential return on investment results are detailed below. 

Lennar Corp. (LEN) -- Continuation of Covered Calls Position
The simultaneous buy/write transaction was:
1/13/2022 Bought 200 Lennar Corp. shares @ $107.76
1/13/2022 Sold 2 LEN 2/04/2022 $103.00 Call options @ $6.18
Note: the Implied Volatility of the Call options was 29.3 when this position was transacted and the Delta (approximately the probability of assignment at expiration) was 72.2.
1/26/2022 Upcoming quarterly ex-dividend of $.375 per share
2/4/2022 Two Call options expired out-of-the-money and 200 shares of Lennar stock retained in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.
2/07/2022 Rolled-Down-and-Out by selling two 2/11/2022 $93.50 Calls at $1.90.
2/11/2022 Two LEN $93.50 closed out-of-the-money at $91.54, so the options expired and two hundred Lennar shares remain in the Covered Calls Advisor Portfolio.
02/14/2022 Continued this Lennar Covered Calls position by selling 2 3/18/3033 Calls @ $3.71 per share at the $95.00 strike price when the stock was selling at $91.96. 

Two possible overall performance results (including commissions) for this Lennar Corp. Covered Calls position are as follows:
Covered Calls Cost Basis: $20,317.34
= ($107.76 - $6.18) * 200 shares + $1.34 commissions

Net Profit Components:
(a) Options Income: +$2,355.32
= ($6.18 + $1.90 + $3.71) * 200 shares - $2.68 commissions
(b) Dividend Income: +$75.00
= $.375 per share x 200 shares
(c) Capital Appreciation (If Lennar share price unchanged at $91.96 at March 18th, 2022 expiration): -$3,160.00
= +($91.96 - $107.76) * 200 shares ;or
(c) Capital Appreciation (If LEN shares assigned at $95.00 strike price at the 3/18/2022 options expiration): -$2,546.00
= +($95.00 - $107.73) * 200 shares


1. Total Net Profit (If Lennar Corp. share price unchanged at $91.96 at the March 18th, 2022 expiration): -$729.68
= (+$2,355.32 options income +$75.00 dividend income - $3,160.00 capital appreciation); or
2. Total Net Profit (If Lennar shares assigned at $95.00 strike price at March 18th, 2022 expiration): -$115.68
= (+$2,355.32 + $75.00 - $2,546.00)

1. Absolute Return-on-Investment (If Lennar share price unchanged at $91.96 at March 18th, 2022 expiration): -3.6%
= -$729.68/$20,317.34
Annualized Return-on-Investment: -20.2%
= (-$729.68/$20,317.34) * (365/65 days); or
2. Absolute Return-on-Investment (If Lennar shares assigned at $95.00 strike price at the March 18th, 2022 options expiration date): -0.6%
= -$115.68/$20,317.34
Annualized Return-on-Investment (If LEN stock assigned at $95.00 at March 18th, 2022 expiration): -3.2%
= (-$115.68/$20,317.34) *(365/65 days)