Sold 1 BOIL May 17 2024 17 Covered Call at $0.15
Sold 1 CVS May 17 2024 61.0 Covered Call at $0.08
Sold 1 VFC May 17 2024 13.5 Covered Call at $0.05
Sold 1 WBA May 17 2024 19.0 Covered Call at $0.04
Sold VXX May 17 2024 13.0 Covered Calls at $0.09
Sold 1 GILD May 24 2024 17 Covered Call at $0.18
Sold tiny bits of some old #FallingKnife stocks at 52 week highs:
Sold CFG at $36.38
Sold FIS at $75.71 and $76.05
Rolled this week’s BIIB 197.5 Put to next week’s 192.5 Put at $0.02 Credit
Rolled this week’s BIIB 195.0 Put to next week’s 190.0 Put at $1.30 Credit
Lowered each strike 5 points and hoping for a good #Earnings report
#FallingKnife
Saw a report that Pfizer just hit a 9-year low.
#FallingKnife
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/9a6f7dfd-febf-37fb-912a-e0504d778fbc/is-pfizer-stock-a-sell-as.html
Rolled this week’s GILD 04/12/2024 69.0 Put to next week at $0.39 Credit
Rolled another to the GILD 04/26/2024 68.0 Put at $0.53 Credit
At some point I might decide to take the stock
Rolled this week’s BIIB 04/12/2024 202.5 Puts to next week’s BIIB 04/19/2024 200.0 Puts at $0.28 Credit
Rolled this week’s UPS 04/12/2024 145.0 Put to next week’s UPS 04/19/2024 140.0 Put at $0.19 Credit
#FallingKnife
Sold 1 WBA Apr 12 2024 17.5 Put at $0.08
#FallingKnife
Added some CVX at $140.00. Div = 4.22%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Lightening up on a previous #FallingKnife stocks
TSN at $48.38
SWK at $90.71
#FormerFallingKnife
Lightening up on some previous #FallingKnife stocks
ARE at $99.16
ARE again at $103.77
VNO at $23.05
TFC at $31.27
ZION at $34.37
ZION again at at $36.01
USB at $36.28
CMA at $44.54
BXP at $57.28
SWK at $86.80
#FormerFallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of both below prior lows
NEM at $34.00. Div = 4.60%
BBY at $63.00. Div = 5.75%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Started a tiny position in CVX at $143.00, below the prior low.
Div = 4.18% and the next ex-date is only a week away
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of OGN at $14.00 (pre-market). Div = 7.65%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought tiny bits of these today below prior lows:
LEG at $23.00 (after hours trade). Div = 7.94%
VFC at $15.00 (after hours trade). Div = 7.1%
WU at $11.00. Div = 8.27%
PEAK at $16.00. Div = 7.30%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of all these below previous lows:
WHR at $102.00 Div = 6.62%
OGN at $15.00 Div = 7.32%
MS at $71.00 Div = 4.72%
UDR at $32.00 Div = 5.00%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of all these below previous lows:
WHR at $107.00 Div = 5.57%
UPS at $143.00 Div = 4.41%
CPT at $90.00 Div = 4.37%
TROW at $93.00 Div = 5.22%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of GLW at $25.72. Div = 4.15%
Added a tiny bit more to AAP at $48.00.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my position in TSN at $45.00. Div = 4.14%
Started a tiny position in UPS at $150.00. Div = 4.26%
Added to my position in AAP at $49.00, Div = 1.95% after they cut the qtrly divvy from 1.50 to 0.25
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold AAP Oct 27 2023 52 Call at $0.30
Sold WBA Oct 27 2023 23 Calls at $0.06
Sold WBA Oct 27 2023 23.5 Calls at $0.04
Sold ZION Oct 27 2023 32 Call at $0.25
#CoveredCalls
Sold GM Oct 27 2023 27.5 Put at $0.25
Sold PENN Oct 27 2023 18.5 Put at $0.10
Sold VZ Oct 27 2023 29.5 Put at $0.12
Sold SYF Nov 17 2023 24 Put at $0.25
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added a tiny bit of IVZ at $13.00. Div = 6.0%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of AMCR at $8.75. Div = 5.47%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of WHR at 122.00 Div = 5.63%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Some put assignments:
1 AAP 10/06/2023 52.0 Put
1 MMM 10/06/2023 89.0 Put
1 PARA 10/06/2023 12.0 Put
1 TSN 10/06/2023 47.5 Put
#FallingKnife
Added a tiny bit of TGT stock at $105.00. Div = 4.18%
Added a tiny bit of D stock at $40.00. Div = 6.51%
Added a tiny bit of OGN Stock at $16.00. Div = 6.90%
Added a tiny bit of PEAK Stock at $17.00. Div = 6.90%
Added a tiny bit of VZ at $30.33. Div = 8.40%
Right now about 20% of the S&P500 stocks yield over 4%
Added a tiny bit of VFC at $16.00. Div = 6.79%
Added a tiny bit of AES at $13.00. Div = 4.63%
Added a tiny bit of AAP at $52.00. Not much of a dividend since they cut it
#FallingKnife #SP500
Bought a tiny bit of MMM at $89.00. Div = 6.65%
Bought a tiny bit of PARA at $12.00. Not much of a dividend since they cut it
#FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of ES at $64.99
Bought a tiny bit of D at $48.00
Bought a tiny bit of AES at $18.79
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of BMY at $60.00. Div = 3.7%
Bought a tiny bit of CAG at $32.00. Div = 4.3%
#FallingKnife #SP500
Sold MRNA Aug 11 2023 90.0 Puts at $0.13 and $0.23
New yearly low today at 98.43
#FallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of T at $13.79. Div = 7.66%
Bought a tiny bit of VZ at $31.99. Div = 7.67%
#FallingKnife
Sold 1 CMA 07/21/2023 55/51 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 CMA 07/21/2023 56/50 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.42 Credit
Sold 1 SWKS 07/21/2023 121/116 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.42 Credit
Sold 1 TROW 07/21/2023 128/118 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.52 Credit
Sold 1 PYPL 07/21/2023 80/76 Bear Call Spread at $ $0.27 Credit
Sold 1 BOIL 07/21/2023 45/50 Bull Put Spread at $ $0.52 Credit
#OnlySpreads
Sold my last tiny bit of TEL at $126.01 Bought on 06/16/2022 at $115.91.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in VZ on the open at 34.43. Div = 7.3%
#FallingKnife
Added to my tiny position on MMM at $93.50. Div = 6.25%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Bought 1 TGT Jun 09 2023 120.00 Put at $0.29 while selling 1 TGT Jun 02 2023 130.00 Put at $0.70 for a $0.41 Credit
#OnlySpreads #FallingKnife
All diagonal Spreads on #FallingKnife stocks:
Bought 1 MOS 06/09/2023 27.0 Put while selling 1 MOS 06/02/2023 32.0 Put for $0.15 Credit
Bought 1 CF 06/09/2023 53.0 Put while selling 1 CF 06/02/2023 60.0 Put for $0.20 Credit
Bought 1 SYY 06/16/2023 60.0 Put while selling 1 SYY 06/02/2023 69.0 Put for $0.20 Credit
Bought 1 BMY 06/09/2023 57.0 Put while selling 1 BMY 06/02/2023 62.0 Put for $0.16 Credit
Bought 1 WBA 06/09/2023 25.0 Put while selling 1 WBA 06/02/2023 29.0 Put for $0.12 Credit
Bought 1 AMGN 06/09/2023 195.0 Put while selling 1 AMGN 06/02/2023 210.0 Put for $0.27 Credit
Bought 1 PNC 06/09/2023 105.0 Put while selling 1 PNC 06/02/2023 115.0 Put for $0.30 Credit
#OnlySpreads
Started a tiny position in AMGN at $220.00. Div = 3.84%
Started a tiny position in BMY at $64.94. Div = 3.48%
Added to my tiny position in D at $51.00. Div = 5.20%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in OGN at $19.97.
Div = 5.56%
Added to my tiny position in CCI at $111.34
Div = 5.64%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Started a tiny new position in ARE at 114.94, near the 52-week low.
Div = 4.17%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in PEAK at 19.70, near the 52-week low.
Div = 6.03%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in WBA at 30.38, near the 52-week low.
Div = 6.13%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Liquidated my tiny position in GRMN at $105.01.
Bought this 4 times in 2022 at $104.18, $96.38, $92.30 and $86.00. Made a bit over 10% plus a 2.8% dividend.
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Added to my tiny PFE position at $37.57. Div = 4.32%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my tiny position in NWL at $9.50. Div = 9.2%
Also added to my tiny position in MMM at $100.00. Div = 5.95%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny trades at new lows:
PNC at $113.00 Div = 5.14%
TFC at $27.00 Div = 7.39%
KEY at $8.75 Div = 8.60%
ZION at $19.00 Div = 7.23%
CMA at $29.00 Div = 7.98%
and because those were falling:
KRE at $36.00 Div = 3.91%
#FallingKnife
Added a tiny bit of KRE at a new low at $38.11
Div = 3.84%
#FallingKnife
Added to my tiny USB stock position at $30.38
Div = 6.26%
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
Tiny buys:
CFG at $26.32 Div = 5.91%
KRE at $40.00 Div = 3.51%
ZION at $22.55 Div = 6.11%
#FallingKnife
Started a tiny new position in PFE at $39.00. Div = 4.1%
Q1 2023 Earnings Expected 05/02/2023
Sold a tiny position in KMB at $144.86. Bought on 03/08/2022 at $124.11 and got a year’s worth of dividends too.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added to my tiny USB position at $32.24.
Added to my tiny CFG position at $28.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny trades for some more high yielders
Bought KSS at $21.40
Bought LNC $20.18
Bought VNO at $13.29
Bought TSN at $56.00
Bought CPT at $99.00
Bought MTB at $112.59
Bought ARE at $117.00
Bought AVB at $155.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Didn’t notice yesterday’s tiny fills of some high yielders with all the Fed drama
Bought AAP at $117.00
Bought ESS at $202.80
#SP500 #FallingKnife
No longer an attractive dividend payer, I’m selling my tiny position in AAPL near it’s YTD high
Sold AAPL at $157.38. Bought on the first trading day of the year at $125.00.
With it’s one dividend payment included, made a respectable 26% 🙂
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
To fund my buys of more high yield stocks I’m selling some no-yield/low yield positions
Sold all my GOOGL at $102.00. Started buying this in Sept 2022 at $101.88 and finished buying in November at $91.69.
Made about 5.5% overall.
Sold a tiny bit of my FDX at $225.00 on the jump up from earnings last night and at a 6-month high.
Bought on 03/08/2022 at $199.25.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added a tiny bit on VNO at $14.77
#SP500 #FallingKnife
A few tiny trades early in the day at new lows:
LNC at $21.34
TFC at $29.79 and $30.00
USB at $34.29
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny buys at new lows for some high yielders:
WU at $10.14
HBAN at $10.20
PRU at $80.10
PNC at $124.00
#FallingKnife
High yield #SP500 stocks at new lows at the open.
Tiny buys:
HBAN at $11.34
VFC at $20.88
FITB at 26.70 and $22.15
OGN at $22.50
LNC at $23.72
ZION at $26.06
BAC at $28.73
CFG at $29.72
TFC at $33.10
USB at $38.10
CMA at $42.59 and $30.00
BXP at $55.89
PNC at $128.25
KEY at $10.00
FRC at $25.00
#FallingKnife
Afternoon tiny buys at new lows:
FITB at $29.67. Div = 4.1%
WU at $11.00. Div = 8.2%
BAX at $38.28. Div = 2.9%
BXP at $60.00. Div = 6.3%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Decent yields all around as a bunch of tiny old orders fill on the opening
LNC at $26.36. Div = 6.5%
HAS at $50.00. Div = 5.4%
MTB at $125.10. Div = 3.9%
MMM at $105.00. Div = 5.6%
SCHD at $72.50. Div = 3.5%
TFC at $38.70. Div = 5.0%
VNO at $17.35. Div = 8.3%
ZION at $37.61. Div = 3.8%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny trades
Bought VNO at $18.25. Div = 8.0%
Bought PNC at $142.50. Div = 4.1%
Bought VFC at $23.41. Div = 5.0%
Bought WU at $11.70. Div = 7.9%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BTW: Regional banks are really under pressure
Started a tiny new position in CVS at $80.00. Div = 3.00%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added to my tiny VNO position at $19.00. Div = 7.5%
Also sold 1 VNO Mar 17 2023 17.5 Put at $0.15
#FallingKnife
First buys in a while
Added AAP at 138.50 and 138.00. New 52-week low. Div = 4.22%
Added D at $56.93. Also a new low. Div = 4.66%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
First one of these trades in a while
Added to my tiny position in BAX at $40.12 ( a new 52-week low)
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Although is falls outside my yield parameters, I started a tiny position in this #FallingKnife
Bought AAPL at $125.00
First stock trade in the new year
Tiny trades:
Sold my EFX position at $199.42. Bought on 05/10/2022 at $194.93
Sold my TGT position at $176.13. Bought on 05/20/2022 at $151.00
Sold my CCL position at $10.50, just slightly above my average breakeven point. No Divvy.
Sold my CDAY position at $68.01, just slightly above my average breakeven point. No Divvy.
And finally, sold my highest cost lot of SPY at $400.04 . Bought on 06/16/2022 at $362.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Added a tiny bit of D at $59.65. Div = 4.33%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added a tiny bit of NWL at $12.61 Div = 7.1%
Added a tiny bits of PARA at $16.70 and $16.20 Div = 5.7%
Added a tiny bit of NEM at $38.20 Div= 5.56%
Added a tiny bit of LNC at $36.17 Div = 3.45%
Added a tiny bit of WU at $12.33 Div = 7.2%
Started a new position in MSFT at $219.13 even though it is a low dividend payer at 1.23%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold All my tiny position in PNW at $69.44.
Bought on 10/29/2021 at $65.00 and on 10/12/2022 at $60.00
#FormerFallingKnife
Bought at new lows:
IVZ at $14.44 Div = 5.06%
KEY at $16.00 Div = 4.84%
NWL at $14.19 Div = 6.44%
OGN at $25.00 Div = 4.45%
TFC at $43.00 Div = 4.79%
VNO at $22.87 Div = 9.08%
VTRS at $8.43 Div = 5.63%
Pulling most of my remaining buy orders except for SPY and QQQ
Bought SPY at $362.16
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
A smaller list of tiny buys so far today:
VFC at $35.00 Div = 5.58%
IP at $32.00 Div = 5.58%
INTC at $27.00 Div = 5.30%
FDX at $144.00 Div = 3.08%
CE at $89.00 Div = 2.98%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
As markets test the June 2022 lows I’m making tiny buys on Higher dividend payers. Biggest one day buying since then.
When SPY and QQQ reach their old lows, I’ll switch to those stocks and suspend most other buys.
LYB at $72.00
PARA at $20.00
DLR at $104.00
STX at $58.00
OGN at $26.00
USB at $42.00
PRU at $89.00
T at $16.00
PKG at $114.10
CFG at $34.00
WHR at $139.53
LUMN at $8.00
FRT at $89.18
CMCSA at $32.00
CFG at $34.00
LNC at $44.00
DD at $51.50
SWK at $80.00
RL at $86.00
IVZ at $15.20
MMM at $113.17
SPG at $90.76
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny buys
Added BXP at $76.18 Div = 5.06%
Added EMN at $75.00 Div = 4.02%
Added IP at $34.00 Div = 5.40%
Added INTC at $28.08 Div = 5.13%
Added NWL at $15.00 Div = 6.04%
Added PARA at $20.88 Div = 4.49%
Added VTRS at $9.00 Div = 5.30%
Added VFC at $36.94 Div = 5.38%
Started REG at $55.00 Div = 4.47%
Started SPG at $93.00 Div = 7.31%
And one non-divvy stock
Added GOOGL at $98.87
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny buys post FED
Only one – sort of surprised there aren’t more
Bought VZ at $40.00 and $39.77 Div = 6.43%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny buys at new lows
LYB at $75.81 Div = 6.17%
VFC at $39.39 Div = 5.02%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
A bunch of old GTC orders filled on the open at new lows (some of them 3-year lows below the Covid lows)
#TinyBuys
AOS at $51.72 Div = 2.12%
CE at $104.74 Div = 2.54%
DOW at $45.97 Div = 5.97%
EMN at $79.00 Div = 3.74%
FDX at $160.00 Div = 2.25%
IP at $35.65 Div = 5.25%
GRMN at $86.00 Div = 3.36%
MMM at $114.58 Div = 5.12%
SWK at $84.56 Div = 3.74%
T at $16.62 Div = 6.62%
VFC at $39.75 Div = 4.93%
and a non-dividend payer:
GOOGL at $101.88
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added a tiny bit of FDX at $172.00 after it closed at $204.87 at 4:00. Lowest since August 2020.
Couldn’t resist 🙂
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Added a tiny bit of INTC at a new low of $29.00. Div = 5.06%
Added a tiny bit of STX at a new low of $62.37. Div = 4.42% (ex-div on 09/20)
Added a tiny bit of WBA at a new low of $33.96. Div = 5.52%
Added a tiny bit of WU at a new low of $13.94. Div = 6.59%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
A rare departure from my normally higher yielding #SP500 stocks
Added to my NVDA position at $129.29
Also added:
IP at $40.00 Div = 4.56%
PARA at $21.94 Div = 4.30%
#FallingKnife
Added some INTC at $29.56. Div = 4.63%
Added some WHR Stock at $145.93 Div – 4.37%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny buys yesterday and this morning at new lows
CMCSA at $34.58 Div = 3.08%
NWL at $16.55 Div = 5.34%
LYB at $80.00 Div = 5.84%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny buys adding to positions at new lows:
MMM at $121.60 Div = 4.8%
VZ at $41.46 Div = 6.1%
INTC at $31.12 Div = 4.6%
SWK at $85.47 Div = 3.6%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold a lot of QQQ at $316.38 (near the 1 month high). Bought on 05/12/2022 at $287.48.
Sold my oldest and highest lot of DHI at $79.40 (near the 3 month high). Bought at $75.00 on 03/31/2022.
#FormerFallingKnife
Added a couple:
Bought PARA at $23.20. Div = 4.05%
Bought CINF at 96.36. Div = 2.83%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Taking more gains near multi-month highs:
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot of SPY at $410.01. Bought on 05/09/2022 at $399.00
Sold my oldest and highest cost lot of LRCX at $491.00. Bought on 03/08/2022 at $480.00
Sold out my BR position at $161.50. Bought on 05/10/2022 at $136.36
Sold my 2 highest cost lots of CMI at $216.90. Bought on 11/30/2021 at $210.00 and on 02/24/2022 at $200.00
Sold my highest cost lot of GS at $330.01. Bought on 04/07/2022 at $315.00
Sold my highest cost lot of ROK at $250.00. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $248.00
Sold my highest cost lot of TEL at $132.97. Bought on 04/12/2022 at $123.00.
#FormerFallingKnife stocks
Added one:
Bought SWK at $95.58. Div = 3.25%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
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