Bare Escentuals, Inc Covered Call Results
In bowling it is called a turkey, that is right I have beat the S&P 500 3 times in a row through my trades. The most recent strike that I bowled was the Covered Call trade on Bare Escentuals, initiated back on Sept 23rd, 2009.
The October 16th expiration date has come and passed on this strategy [...]
Bare Escentuals, Inc Covered Call
On my way of finding the next equity to invest in for my portfolio, it was very difficult to find any candidates that meet many of my value requirements for a long term investment. But with the screening and initial analysis that I completed, I was able to come across a great small to mid [...]
Lehman Covered Call – Update
So that was an interest two weeks for the Lehman stock as my covered call wasn’t executed….As you may recall, I entered into a covered call paper trade for 2,000 shares of Lehman (LEH). When I entered this trade, the stock was trading at $32.29 and I sold call options at $25 for a margin [...]
Lehman Covered Call Trade
Please note, this strategy listed below is for long-term holders of Lehman (LEH) or opportunistic short-term investors who understand the risk associated with this trade.
If you are a long-term shareholder of Lehman and see yourself holding the stock well beyond the recent credit market turmoil, you might want to consider executing a covered call strategy [...]
NTRI Covered Call Final Results – Post 3 of 3
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As anticipated from my second post in this trilogy, my NTRI Covered Call strategy resulted in 30% loss protection strategy against a buy and hold approach.
Just in case, here are the first two links for the entire NTRI Covered Call Trilogy
Post 1
Post 2
On August 17th, NTRI closing stock price was $49.61. This represents a –22.2% [...]
NTRI Covered Call Opportunity – Post 2 of 3
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I initiated my NutriSystems, Inc (NTRI) covered call strategy on July 24th, 2007, before the company announced Q2 2007 earnings. This post is Post 2 of 3 regarding this trade. Part 1, which was posted on July 18th, described the setup of this short-term opportunity for existing long-term shareholders of NTRI, here is the link…. [...]
The Nutrisystems, Inc. covered call “schnitzel”
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With the upcoming NTRI Q2 2007 earnings announcement on July 24th, there might be an opportunity to capture some call option premium dollars if you are long the stock.
3 reasons to consider writing a covered call on the pre-announcement date of July 24th, 2007:
- Although revenue growth is still positive and strong, it is on [...]
