Results Week Ending 7/2/20
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Today is Friday, July 3rd. The market is closed because the 4th of July falls on a Saturday so the federal holiday is celebrated today as far as getting the day off from work to give the 3 day weekend. I’m getting my weekly report done early so I can also enjoy the 3 day weekend.
Before I get into this week’s trades I would like to talk a little about Opportunity Lost. Opportunity Lost is the profit you do not get if the stock involved in your Covered Call goes higher than your Strike Price. EX: If your Covered Call has a Strike Price of $20 and the stock goes up to $25 you must sell your stock at $20. This is what you signed up for when you sold the option. You gave up the right to the stock’s profit above $20 in exchange for the premium. Please read the Opportunity Lost page.
I bring this up (again) today because I had a few sizable Opportunity Lost situations this week. Most readers know I am not concerned with Opportunity Lost. I have a strategy and I stick to it. I’m in this game for the premiums from selling Calls. If I was in this for the stock gain I would only buy stock and not sell Calls. I’m not saying that’s a bad strategy! I’m saying it’s not mine. Have a strategy and stick to it! If you keep changing your strategy you will find yourself chasing profit around, and it never works out. I take what I sign up for and move on. We all must find our own philosophy and strategy that fits into our own risk tolerance. And part of mine is not to worry about Opportunity Lost.
I have a bunch of trades to list that came to an end this week so let’s get to it.
Marvell
I sold one of my LEAPS position this week. I got in my Marvell (MVRL) LEAPS on 5/26 and held for a month. For the new readers, LEAPS are long term options. LEAPS stands for Long-term Equity Anticipation Security. Leaps are the only type of options I buy. With options Time Decay is against you. When buying options LEAPS gives me the protection I want against Time Decay. This position gave me a Return on Investment (ROI) of 35%.
5/26/20 – Buy to Open 10 MRVL 1/21/22 $32.00 C @ $6.50
6/30/20 – Sell to Close 10 MRVL 1/21/22 $32.00 C @ $8.77
Profit (+$2270)
Inseego
This is another LEAPS I sold this week. I like the stock Inseego (INSG). However, I owned it since 1/29 and I wanted to lock in the profit. This was a 10 contract LEAPS with the Strike Price of $10. I also own a $12.50 20 contract LEAPS. Selling this LEAPS locked in a ROI of 77%.
1/29/20 – Buy to Open 10 INSG 1/21/22 $10.00 C @ $2.60
6/30/20 – Sell to Close 10 INSG 1/21/22 $10.00 C @ $4.60
Profit +$2000
United Airlines
This was a Covered Call, I was not assigned. I still own the 500 shares. The Call expired and I locked in $500.
6/25/20 – Sell to Open 5 UAL 7/2/20 $37.00 C @$1.00 (+$500)
7/2/20 – Expired 5 UAL 7/2/20 $37.00 C
Profit +$500
Apple
This is one of the positions where I had a sizable Opportunity Lost. I bought the 100 shares just to sell a Call. I bought at $354.95 and sold the $355 Call. The stock went up and I was assigned. I only made 5¢ on the stock sale but I keep the $600 premium I received. The stock closed at $364.11. If I never sold the Call I would have made $10 on the stock but I gave that up the right for this gain for the $600 premium. To me this was a great trade. It’s not the return I look for with a 1 week trade but I considered it very safe.
6/22/20 – Buy 100 Shares AAPL @ $354.95
7/2/20 – Assigned 100 Shares AAPL @ $355.00
Profit +$5
6/29/20 – Sell to Open 1 AAPL 7/2/20 $355.00 C @ $6.00 (+$600)
7/2/20 – Expired 1 AAPL 7/2/20 $355.00 C
Profit +$600
Nutanix
This trade is better that it looks. I bought 1000 shares of Nutanix (NTNX) on 6/5 for $23.65 per share. I sold Calls 4 weeks in a row bringing in $550, $450, $600 and this week $500. A total of $2100 in premiums on the one stock buy. This week I decided I wanted to move on from NTNX. With the stock down from where I bought, I decided to go with a $23 Call. I took a chance on getting assigned at a price lower than my buy-in price by selling the $23 Call. I could have sold the $24 Call but I wanted the higher premium, and since I brought in nice premiums already I figured I wouldn’t mind getting assigned at a lose on the stock. Well, the stock went up above the $23 Strike Price and I was assigned. The stock closed at $23.85. I took a 65¢ loss on the stock for $650 but I had taken in $2100 in premiums. My total profit for the 4 week I held NTNX is $1450. That’s a 6.1% Return on Investment for the 1 month I held the stock. I’ll take it and move on.
6/5/20 – Buy 1000 Shares NTNX @ $23.65
7/2/20 – Assigned 1000 Shares NTNX @ $23.00
Loss -$650
6/29/20 – Sell to Open 10 NTNX 7/2/20 $23.00 C @ 50¢ (+$500)
7/2/20 – Expired 10 NTNX 7/2/20 $23.00 C
Profit +$500
Skyworks Solutions
This was a 3 contract Covered Call where I was not assigned. Last week I took in a $450 premium. This week I felt I wasn’t gonna get assigned so I sold another Call to expire next week. For this I received a premium of $660.
6/30/20 – Sell to Open 3 SWKS 7/2/20 $130.00 C @ 75¢ (+$225)
7/2/20 – Expired 3 SWKS 7/2/20 $130.00 C
Profit +$225
Nvidia
This was a 1 contract Covered Call. This was another sizable Opportunity Lost. The stock shot up to $384.49 and I was assigned at $377.50. I made $200 on the stock sale and I keep the $525 premium.
6/24/20 – Buy 100 Shares NVDA @ $375.50
7/2/20 – Assigned 100 Shares NVDA @ $377.50
Profit $200
6/30/20 – Sell to Open 1 NVDA 7/2/20 $377.50 C @ $5.25 (+$525)
7/2/20 – Expired 1 NVDA 7/2/20 $377.50 C
Profit +$525
Peloton
I’ve been killing it with Peloton (PTON)! In the last 4 or 5 weeks I brought in about $15 grand in premiums. Check out the Trade History 2020. I’ve been dealing with 2000 shares but this week I decided not to push it and went with 1000 shares. The 10 contract Covered Call gave me a total of $2480 with assignment.
6/29/20 – Buy 1000 Shares PTON @ $56.57
7/2/20 – Assigned 1000 Shares PTON @ $57.00
Profit +$430
6/30/20 – Sell to Open 10 PTON 7/2/20 $57.00 C @ $2.05 (+$2050)
7/2/20 – Expired 10 PTON 7/2/20 $57.00 C
Profit +$2050
Micron
This was a 2 day Covered Call. I was not assigned but I brought in a great premium. I still own the 1000 shares.
6/30/20 – Sell to Open 10 MU 7/2/20 $52.00 C @ $1.00 (+$1000)
7/2/20 – Expired 10 MU 7/2/20 $52.00 C
Profit +$1000
Draftkings
This was also I 2 day, 10 contract Covered Call where I was not assigned. Also a great premium of $1000.
6/30/20 – Sell to Open 10 DKNG 7/2/20 $34.00 C @ $1.00 ($1000)
7/2/20 – Expired 10 DKNG 7/2/20 $34.00 C
Profit +$1000
Well, that’s it for the many trades this week. With the selling of the Marvell and Inseego LEAPS it turned out to be another great week.
Total Weekly Gain $10,655
Have a great 4th of July weekend!
Successful trading,
Steve
The Options Coach