Category: Options

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AAPL Covered Call Options

I’ve been starting to put in some options trades again and I wanted to finally let you guys know. I currently have around 324 shares of Apple. While I love Apple products and like them as a stock, that is around 26% of my dividend portfolio. Ultimately I’d like to...

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July 2015 Income

Even July, which historically hasn’t been that big of a dividend payout month, contributed $172.88 this year. This is a 73% increase from last July. The big reason is that I own quite a bit more of GE than I did last July. I also received 31 shares of Baxalta...

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June 2015 Income

Sorry for the late June update. It seemed that not too long ago July had just started! I just moved to Chicago for work and have been busy getting settled here. I’ll post an update about that soon. Also, a new update is coming about another investment idea that I’ve...

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May 2015 Income

Well, it is that time again. Time to review my dividend investing strategy. While I don’t worry about the short term fluctuations of the portfolio and could very well just do a full review at the conclusion of each year, part of the reason why I like doing this review...

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April 2015 Income

April isn’t historically one of the higher paying months with only 5 companies paying. I did receive a $36.23 special dividend from TROW, which helped. You’ll note that this wasn’t automatically reinvested as my dividends usually are. I guess that is just a consequence of the special dividend. My quarterly...

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September 2014 Income

September has always been one of my biggest months. It didn’t disappoint in 2014. Total dividend income for September 2014 was $312.11. In September 2013, I made $186.88; in September 2012, $87.42; and in 2011 it was only $21.59. I like this trend! This amount brings the year total up...

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August 2014 Income

While I only have three stocks that pay their dividends in August, all three pay well and make up a large portion of my portfolio. Last August I made $117.04. This August I received a total of $233.74, a increase of 99%. This amount brings the year total up to...

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Put Options on ANF and CRM

ANF Type: naked short put Margin requirement: ~$450 (While this is technically a naked trade, I have the available funds if I were to be assigned.) 08/15/14 STO 1 ANF Sep26 2014 35 Put @ 0.67 Comm = 1.54 Credit: $0.67 Earnings for this stock is before market open on...

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Liebster Award Nomination

Ryan from My Dividend Growth just nominated me for a Liebster Award. A Liebster Award is an online award given by bloggers to other bloggers. It lets you learn more about the writers behind the blogs you follow by allowing the authors to answer questions that might not be normally...

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Put Option on UAL

UAL Type: naked short put Margin requirement (as of 8/12/2014): $456.50 (While this is technically a naked trade, I have the available funds if I were to be assigned.) 08/12/14 STO 1 UAL Sep26 2014 37.5 Put @ 0.74 Comm = 1.54 Credit: $0.74 This trade could turn out a...