Trades

Today’s Trades: AAPL, KO, DVN, BDJ, SHEL

Closed 1 AMD cash-secured put for an 80% profit, freeing up some cash to work with.

Closed 2 NVDA cash-secured puts for an 80% profit, freeing up some cash to work with.

Sold 3 cash-secured puts on stocks I would not mind owning if they get assigned to me:

AAPL

Sep-12-2024, Sell to Open 1 Contract AAPL Oct 18 2024 215 Put Limit at $3.70 (Day)
Filled at $3.85 ($385), representing an 18% annualized yield.
KO
DVN
Used the remaining cash to add to:
SHEL:  4.12% dividend
BDJ:  8.04% monthly dividend

Today’s Trades: GAP, VLO

The Gap Inc. (GAP)

Sold two Oct 19 strike cash-secured puts @ $.77 each. ($154), representing a 37.93% annualized yield.

  • rated all green, “top stock” by Seeking Alpha
  • 3% yield on the stock

Valero Energy Corporation (VLO)

Added some shares to my existing position.

  • rated 2 green on Seeking Alpha
  • 3.19% yield

 

Today’s Trades: OCSL, ICSH, TRMD

Closed my position in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) for a small loss. This business development company, BDC, has underperformed others in my portfolio: Ares Capital (ARCC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Gladstone Investment (GAIN) and Hercules Capital (HTGC).

I used the proceeds to purchase a new holding:

TORM (TRMD)

  • UK-based shipping company that owns a fleet of oil tankers
  • 19.4% dividend

Also, I had a short term T-bill mature today, so I used those funds to purchase a new holding for my cash reserves:

BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (ICSH)

  • 5.23% monthly dividend 

Today’s Trades: MRVL, PFE

Marvell Technology (MRVL)

Closed out a short put option in MRVL for a 90% profit. Annualized yield 14.2%.

YOU BOUGHT CLOSING TRANSACTION PUT (MRVL) MARVELL TECHNOLOGY AUG 16 24 $62.5 (100 SHS) (Cash) -$15.03

Pfizer (PFE)

Sold a put option on a stock I wouldn’t mind owning if it is put to me. Annualized yield 15.07%.

Sell to Open 1 Contract PFE Oct 18 2024 28 Put Limit at $0.74 (Day)

Today’s Trades: MU, NVDA, AMD, SFL

Had a 3-month T-Bill mature today so I used the funds to sell 3 cash-secured put options on stocks I wouldn’t mind owning should they get put to me.

Micron Technology, Inc. (MU)

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)

Sell to Open 1 Contract AMD Sep 20 2024 130 Put Limit at $5.65, Filled at $5.65
This represents a 27.83% annualized yield.

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)

SFL Corporation Ltd. (SFL)