I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I needed some more cash flow for February options expiration and could probably use some covered calls on my small cap ETF, IWM. I was able to knock out both of those needs with a single limit order. Yesterday afternoon, I entered an order well above the bid/ask with the…
Month: January 2013
Sold UCO Covered Calls for April
Yesterday, I mentioned that I might sell covered calls on my 600 shares soon. I didn’t wait much longer before pulling the trigger today. The first debate I had wasn’t if I should sell, but what I should sell. I was trying to pick between selling the covered calls for February or April expiration. I…
2012 Stock Picks Contest – Final Results
For the past few years, I’ve joined some of the top financial bloggers of North America in a friendly stock/ETF picking contest. We each picked four stocks or ETFs at the beginning of the year and tracked them quarterly, without any changes allowed. I hung onto my third place standing to finish the year, well…