Follow me on Twitter!

Showing posts with label MCD covered call. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MCD covered call. Show all posts

Friday, October 29, 2010

MCD Covered Call Timeline

10/29/2010

Buy 100 shares of McDonald's (MCD) @ $77.78
Sell to open one Jan 2011 $80 call @ $1.14

Net profit: $114


Reasons for this trade:

- P/E = 17.10
- good earnings released on 10/21/2010
- Beta = 0.60
- 50 EMA and 200 EMA trending up
- $0.61/share dividend payable on 12/15/2010 (ex-div 11/29/2010)

-----

12/15/2010

Dividend: $0.61/share

-----

1/21/2011

Jan 2011 call expired. No assignment.

-----

2/14/2011

Sell to open June 2011 $80 call @ $0.97

Net profit: $97

-----

3/15/2011

Dividend: $0.61/share

-----

5/18/2011

Buy to close June 2011 $80 call @ $1.61
Sell to open Dec 2011 $80 call @ $4.00

This is a "spread" trade, one commission

Net profit: $239

-----

This options trader teaches at Lilia's Investing Academy. For more details, click here.