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 I have 10 options expiring today – seven puts and three calls.  All 10 will finish above their strikes today which means I won’t be assigned any of the puts and all three covered calls will force the sale of my shares …

I had a good options expiration this November as most of my positions went my way.  Here’s the breakdown of how everything finished for me.

SPY – 112 Straddle (sold 1 put and 1 call at 112) – My put finished well …

I’ve sat on my Intel (INTC) shares for a while without selling covered calls, but decided to change that this morning.  I’m glad I didn’t panic at the lows a few weeks ago, but clearly should’ve sold covered calls back …

I’ve been patient with my little Morgan Stanley (MS) position after I bought 100 shares at $29.00 from an option assignment only to see it dive down below $22.50.  They’ve made a nice comeback and might keep going, but I decided to take …

I ended up making a few option trades today, but not exactly as I planned to yesterday.  I started off this morning with CVS.  I traded CVS a while ago and been waiting for another good entry point.  They’ve been …

I’m actually surprised this didn’t happen sooner.  My JPM June 48 naked put was more than $10 in the money as far back as May 20th.  Finally the inevitable happened and option was exercised and I was forced to pay …

After my April options on Intel (INTC) expired worthless I planned to get right back in. I think INTC has a strong run left in it. With a forward P/E ratio of only 12.22 INTC has room for error without …