Bought a tiny bit of GLW at $25.72. Div = 4.15%
Added a tiny bit more to AAP at $48.00.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
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Stocks at new lows
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
Covered Calls and new puts
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
IVZ Stock
Added a tiny bit of IVZ at $13.00. Div = 6.0%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AMCR
Bought a tiny bit of AMCR at $8.75. Div = 5.47%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
WHR
Bought a tiny bit of WHR at 122.00 Div = 5.63%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TGT D OGN PEAK VZ Stocks
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%
VFC AES AAP
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
MMM PARA
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
ES D AES stock
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
BMY CAG Stock
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
MRNA
Sold MRNA Aug 11 2023 90.0 Puts at $0.13 and $0.23
New yearly low today at 98.43
#FallingKnife
Stocks and Options
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
TEL VZ Stock
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
MMM Stock
Added to my tiny position on MMM at $93.50. Div = 6.25%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TGT Puts
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
Strong market, weak stocks
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
KRE CFG ZION
Tiny buys:
CFG at $26.32 Div = 5.91%
KRE at $40.00 Div = 3.51%
ZION at $22.55 Div = 6.11%
#FallingKnife
PFE Stock
Started a tiny new position in PFE at $39.00. Div = 4.1%
Q1 2023 Earnings Expected 05/02/2023
KMB USB CFG Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
AAPL
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Morning stocks
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
More Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
CVS Stock
Started a tiny new position in CVS at $80.00. Div = 3.00%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
VNO Stock and Put
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
Tiny Trades
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
BAX Stock
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
AAPL
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
Tiny buys at new lows
LYB at $75.81 Div = 6.17%
VFC at $39.39 Div = 5.02%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks – it’s getting ugly out there
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
FDX After hours
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
INTC STX WBA WU Stock
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
NVDA IP PARA Stock
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
INTC WHR Stock
Added some INTC at $29.56. Div = 4.63%
Added some WHR Stock at $145.93 Div – 4.37%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
VZ Stock
Added to my VZ position at $44.36. Div = 5.37%
#FallingKnife #SP500
NEM Stock
Bought a tiny bit of NEM at $52.42, at a new low. Div = 4.03%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
FRC BA PARA DLR Stocks
Selling off my oldest and highest cost lot of FRC at $158.17 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought in April at $155.00.
Keeping lots at $146.73 and $135.00
Sold another lot of BA at $153.61 (near it’s 1-month high). Bought on 05/12 at $127.00
#RaisingCash #FormerFallingKnife
Added some PARA at $23.69 (Div = 3.84%)
Added some DLR at $$119.78 (Div = 4.03%)
#FallingKnife
TXN Stock
Added a tiny bit of TXN at 145.50. Div = 3.1%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
DOW HBAN
Adding to 2 high yielders at new lows
DOW at $50.00 – Div 5.43%
HBAN at $11.72 – Div 5.15%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BBY MMM VFC WBA
Adding to 4 high yielders at new lows
BBY at $65.81 – Div 5.24%
MMM at $128.00 – Div 4.59%
VFC at $44.17 – Div 4.43%
WBA at $39.14 – Div 4.67%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BKNG DAL travel sensitive stocks
Back into BKNG again. Bought a tiny bit at $1752.63
Restarted a tiny position in DAL too at $28.76
#SP500 #FallingKnife
NKE NVDA Stocks
Added a couple of tiny new positions this morning at new lows.
Bought NKE at $102.75 (post earnings)
Bought NVDA at $152.16
#Sp500 #FallingKnife
GDX Gold miners ETF
Starting a tiny new position in GDX at $28.83, at a new YTD low.
#FallingKnife
BKNG Stock
I’ve been avoiding most non-dividend stocks but I’ve traded this one successfully before:
Bought a tiny bit of BKNG at $1,796.45
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
Added tiny bits of the foll0wing on the opening plunge:
BXP at $89.10 (Div 4.26%)
DFS at $90.00 (Div 2.53%)
EMN at $90.00 (Div 3.20%)
MCHP at $59.72 (Div 1.79%)
MDT at $87.00 (Div 3.04%)
MMM at $132.00 (Div 4.44%)
TEL at $115.91 (Div 1.86%)
TT at $121.93 (Div 2.10%)
USB at $45.00 (Div 3.97%)
WBA at $39.23 (Div 4.69%)
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPY and QQQ
Added back some SPY at $369.00 & $367.38 and some QQQ at $273.24 & $272.48
#FallingKnife
Stocks
Checked into #DJIA stocks just to see what the list was for #FallingKnife candidates
Disney
Intel
Goldman Sachs
American Express
3M
Boeing
and last but not least, Microsoft.
All new lows today
SPY and other stocks
Bought a tiny bit of BEN at $23.19 (Div 4.72%)
Bought a tiny bit of INTC at $38.38 (Div 3.73%) – a new 3 year low
Bought a tiny bit of STT at $63.04 (Div 3.50%)
Bought a tiny bit of SWK at $106.80 (Div 2.87%)
Bought a tiny of TROW at $110.61 (Div 4.18%)
Bought a tiny bit of VNO at $30.00 (Div 6.87%)
Bought back some SPY at $379.58 that I sold at $412.86 0n 5/27
Bought some QQQ at $279.66.
Several #SP500 stocks I am watching are exceeding their March 2020 Covid lows, like INTC above.
#FallingKnife
DIS and WBD Stocks
I’ve been avoiding non-dividend paying stocks lately, but I did average down two existing positions today.
Bought a tiny bit of DIS at $99.47
Bought a tiny bit of WBD at $15.17
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AMZN
#ShortPuts – Starter just to watch.
Sold AMZN JUL 15 2022 115.0 Put @ 3.40
SPY and QQQ
Added a tiny bit of SPY at $384.58, a new yearly low. My next buy point in this account is 5 points lower.
Added a tiny bit of QQQ at $282.48.
#FallingKnife
WMT and TGT Stocks
Couldn’t resist dipping my toe in with tiny buys
Bought WMT at $122.00
Bought TGT at 159.00
At least both pay a dividend
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TWTR
Added a bit at $37.50
Now below where it was before Elon’s offer.
Did Musk lie again???
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BBY Stock
Added a tiny bit of BBY at $82.12, a new low.
P/E = 8.51, Dividend Yield = 4.08%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPY
Added a tiny bit more at 386.00, a new low.
#FallingKnife
SPY and QQQ Stocks
Added a tiny bit of SPY at $393.00
Added a tiny bit of QQQ at $295.00
Both new lows
#FallingKnife
AMZN Stock
Added a tiny bit of AMZN at $2189.00
New low and about 10% below my first buy.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
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