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 [...]
