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danshirley
 

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 45

 

10-18-09 08:42 PM

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s...=%5EDJI&a=v&p=s

WGL will have two dividends of about .35 between now and April expiration.
Trade:
Buy WGL for 33.90 and sell the April 35 call for a net of 3270.
Yield @ 33.90 = 190/3270 = 5.8% in 181 days or 11.6% annualized.

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danshirley
 

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 45

 

10-18-09 11:43 PM

My stock universe for option trades:

APOL, CHD, CL, CLX, GIS, JNJ, MCD, PBCT, RAH, SLGN, TEVA, WGL, WMT

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danshirley
 

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 45

 

10-19-09 12:30 AM

Adding BAX to my basic stock set:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=BAX...=m&q=c&c=%5EDJI

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investo...ry&stmtView=Ann

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=BAX
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=BAX
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=BAX

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atticus
 

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 4373

 

10-19-09 12:46 AM

Sell the WGL 35P. Forget the buy-write.

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KAWill70
 

Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 11

 

10-19-09 01:05 AM


Quote from danshirley:

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s...=%5EDJI&a=v&p=s

WGL will have two dividends of about .35 between now and April expiration.
Trade:
Buy WGL for 33.90 and sell the April 35 call for a net of 3270.
Yield @ 33.90 = 190/3270 = 5.8% in 181 days or 11.6% annualized.


Yahoo Finance shows a volume of 6 calls last Friday for the April 35 2010 Calls. Last trade was $1.00.

My spreadsheet shows the cash flow or return for the unexercised and exercised cases. I believe the dividend is now $0.3675.

I show cash flow including dividends of 5.12% if not exercised, or a return of 8.36% if exercised.

WGL certainly held up well in 2008. Very low risk investment.

Kent

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danshirley
 

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 45

 

10-19-09 03:04 AM

Short WGL 35 put will yield: 175/3215 = 5.44% in 181 days or 10.8% annualized. The dividend puts the small advantage to the CC.

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