I had a lot of patience with this one because Microsoft said they were going to buy them out.
Not so much. 😦
Liquidated my tiny position in ATVI at $80.90.
Bought twice in November 2021 at $65.88 and at $60.00.
Made an OK return of about 28% over about a year and a half
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Liquidated my tiny NTAP stock position in one account at $69.75, near the 2023 YTD high
Bought on 12/16/2022 at $60.00
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Sold my oldest and highest cost lot of SPY at $418.31.
Bought on 09/27/2022 at 362.16
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QQQ
Sold my last tiny lot of QQQ at $334.42 (the old 52-week high)
Bought on 10/10/2022 at $264.29.

STX
Sold a tiny bit of STX at $63.01. Bought this lot on 09/15/2022 at $62.37.
I have other lots all the way down to $50.00.
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KSS
Bought to close 1 KSS May 19 2023 19.0 Put at $0.01.
Sold on Tuesday at $0.15

LABU
Bought to close LABU May 19 2023 5.5 Covered Calls at $0.80, $0.74 and $0.73. Sold last week on a roll at $1.13.
Sold Next week’s LABU May 26 2023 5.5 Covered Calls at $0.86 and $0.82

Liquidated my tiny position in TTWO in one account at $137.43 (It’s 52-week high up to today)
Bought 3 times at $133.00 and $124.00 in April 2022 and again at $91.90 in November.
Happy to have made 18% on this No-Div stock and even happier to be out.
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Sold all of my tiny position in CRM stock at $201.01.
Started buying in Feb 2022 at $200.00 and stopped after 4 buys on 12/08/2022 at $$128.24
Overall, made 16.8% (with no dividend income).
I don’t often buy no dividend stocks any more
This frees up a bit of cash as the market looks toppy
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Liquidated the rest of my tiny CLX stock position at $177.01.
Bought at $160.00 on 08/03/2021 and again at $140.00 on 02/07/2022.
Nice Long term gain and 6 quarterly dividends

Liquidated one of my tiny XRAY stock positions at $43.04.
Bought two times in this account. Once at $42.03 in Apr 2022 and again at $35.25 in May 2022.
Got a year of dividends too.
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Sold out of a tiny position in one account:
Sold HAS at $58.57.
Bought on 11/16/2022 at $57.00 and again on 03/10/2023 at $50.98
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Sold the last of my tiny AMZN stock position at $108.01
Bought on 11/09/2022 at $88.00
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Sold all of my ALGN stock at $356.01.
Started buying in Jan 2022 at $494.00 and stopped after 7 buys on 10/27/2022 at $178.00
Overall, made 7.5% (with no dividend income) and not worth the hassle.
I don’t often buy no dividend stocks any more
This frees up a bit of cash as the market looks toppy
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Sold a tiny bit of JPM at $141.38.
Bought on 03/07/2022 at $129.00
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Sold off another tiny bit of FDX at $227.38 (a new recovery high after the latest earning report)
Bought on 09/15/2022 at $172.00

Sold a tiny lot of QQQ at $320.21.
Bought on 10/21/22 at $255.19

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Exiting another low dividend payer
Liquidated the last of my tiny position in AMAT at $125.01, very near the YTD high.
Bought on 10/11/2022 at $75.00
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Liquidated my tiny PPG position at $135.01
Bought last March at $125.00 and again at $119.00
I will get the latest dividend on 3/10 too
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Sold my last tiny bit of CINF at $122.21, very close to a 6-month high.
Bought on 07/28/2022 at $97.20.

Sold my last tiny bit of DD at $76.77, very close to a 6-month high.
Bought on 06/13/2022 at $61.67.

Sold my highest cost lot of JPM at $143.49, very close to a 6-month high.
Bought on 03/01/2022 at $134.00.

Sold my last tiny bit of MSFT at $263.45, very close to a 3-month high.
Bought on 11/03/2022 at $219.13.

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Still selling tiny bits
Sold QQQ at $313.13. Bought on 10/11/2022 at $262.37
Sold IVZ at $20.53. Bought on 03/01/2022 at $19.83 (oldest and highest)
Lots more of this one to go.
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Sold tiny lots of my oldest and highest:
QQQ at $307.76. Bought on 06/13/2022 at $277.48
BBY at $90.90. Bought on 05/18/2022 at $74.83
EBAY at $51.51. Bought on 05/18/2022 at $45.34
FDX at $210.90. Bought on 02/24/2022 at $208.25
PNR at $60.01. Bought on 07/14/2022 ay $45.00
I’m holding more lots of all of these at lower cost

Sold all of low dividend stock COO at $361.20. Bought at an average cost of $328.89 in May and July 2022
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Sold a lot of VTRS at $12.19 (a new 6-month high). Bought on 12/02/2021 at $12.00
Have 4 more lots bought at $11.03, $10.68, $10.00 and $ 8.43
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Sold a tiny lot of AOS at $64.44. Bought on 05/06/2022 at $58.00.
Have one more lot bought at $51.72.

Sold a tiny lot of BBY at $87.15 (a new 6-month high). Bought on 05/19/2022 at $74.00
Have one more lot bought the next day at $69.60.

Sold a tiny lot of PNR at $52.76. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $50.53.
Have more lots bought at $45.00 and 42.45.

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Sold a tiny lot of CINF stock at $112.14 (a 6-month high). Bought on 07/28/2022 at $108.00.
Still hold another lot bought the same day at $97.20
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Sold CFG at $45.05 yesterday. Bought on 05/12/2022 at $37.69
Sold STT at $91.63 (a new 6-month high). Bought on 06/13/2022 at $63.04
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Sold my overly large (for this small account) low dividend stock at $369.96.
Started buying this in Sept 2021 and stopped buying in May 2022. Average cost basis was $354.50
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Sold my highest and oldest tiny lot of GDX at $32.95
Bought on 06/23/2022 at $28.83. Still long lots at $25.75 and $23.17

Sold my last lot of SBUX at $108.01. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $74.00.
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Sold out of my tiny position in FRC at 136.01
Bought once in June at $135.00 and added in October at $121.50 and $110.79
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Sold my tiny position in DOV at $145.01 (a 6-month high)
Bought on 04/27/2022 at $138.50.
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Tiny Trades:
Sold my oldest and highest lot of NKE at $128.63. (a 6-month high)
Bought on 03/14/2022 at $120.00 and still long lots at $107.77 and $102.75.

Sold my oldest and highest lot of JPM at $143.35. (a 6-month high)
Bought on 03/01/2022 at $139.57 and still long lots at $134.00, $129.00, $119.00 and $106.13.

Sold my next lot of SBUX at $107.01. Got the high of the year
Bought on 04/22/2022 at $78.00. Still have one lot left at $74.00

Sold all of my CARR at $45.89. Bought at $40.00 and $36.32

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Sold my oldest and highest lot of WELL at $72.20, at a 3-month High
Bought on 09/21/2022 at $68.99.
One other lot still long at $60.00.

Also:
Sold T at $19.51. Bought last fall at $16.00 and $14.72

Sold IVZ at $19.93. Bought at $15.24

Sold SPG at $122.00. Bought at $93.00
Sold more at $126.01. Bought at $90.76.

Sold DD at $75.01. Bought at $51.50

Sold LYB at $93.70 . Bought at $75.81.
Still long another lot at $72.00

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Sold my oldest and highest lot of NEM at $53.43. 3-month High
Bought on 07/20/2022 at $52.42.
Other lots still long at $47.17, $42.45 and $38.20

Sold my oldest and highest lot of CCI at $151.80. 3-month High
Bought on 10/07/2022 at $135.00.
One other lot still long at $122.90

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Liquidated my tiny position in EL (and it’s tiny dividend) at $265.01.
Bought this 2 times in March 2022 at $264.00 and $250.00 and again in Nov 2022 at $190.00
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Liquidated my tiny position in BBWI (and it’s tiny dividend) at $46.01.
Bought this 4 times in mid-2022 at $45.00, $43.00, $29.00 and $26.10
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Sold out of my remaining 3 tiny lots of ZBH at $126.79. (Divvy was only 0.8%)
Bought 2 lots at $125.00 and $120.00 in Nov 2021 and 1 lot in Feb 2022 at $112.55
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Sold another tiny lot of STT at $82.14
Bought on 04/26/2022 at $68.00
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Sold some low dividend payers:
Sold a lot of SPY at $409.01. Bought on 09/27/2022 at $362.17

Sold my tiny lot of PHM at $45.36. Bought on 04/07/2022 at $40.00

Sold out of PVH in one account at $73.18 about 2 points above my average cost. Acquired 5 times from March through September
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Edit: Sold off my oldest and highest cost lot of CSCO at $50.01. Bought on 05/06/2022 at $48.87.
Still holding two lots at a much lower cost.

Sold a tiny bit of SBUX at $101.46. Bought on 03/11/2022 at $83.44
Still two lower cost lots left.
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Sold my tiny CLX stock position at $150.53 (a 6-month high)
Bought on 03/10/2022 at $135.00.
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Sold all my ROST at $114.97
Bought in January and February at $103.60, $98.60, $93.50 and finally at $88.40.
Pretty nice gain even on a tiny position
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Tiny trades for gains on the continuing rally.
Dumping some old no/low divvy stocks as well as gains on some others to lighten up.

I’ll be adding to the completed sales list throughout the day.

Sold RL at $97.76, $99.95 and $102.41
Sold KEY at $20.01
Sold IVZ at $19.55
Sold TFC at $46.65
Sold VTRS at $11.43
Sold DD at $70.00 and $71.27
Sold GPS at $11.89
Sold CZR at $53.00
Sold DFS at $111.28
Sold AMT at $224.34
Sold TER at $94.50
Sold EXPD at $109.65
Sold SBUX at $96.75
Sold COO at $321.00
Sold KSS at $31.75
Sold APTV at $112.50
Sold BAC at $38.57

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Taking some tiny OLD positions off at gains on the big opening:
Sold my highest cost lot of AES at 27.79. Bought on 02/24/2022 at $20.00.
Sold SYF at $36.85. Bought on 03/07/2022 at $35.00.
Sold ITW at $219.28. Bought on 04/12/2022 at $198.78.
Sold my highest cost lot of TXN at $172.10. Bought on 02/14/2022 at $161.67.
Sold BWA at $40.17. Bought on 03/01/2022 at $39.83.
Sold my highest cost lot of DD at $68.61. Bought on 04/25/2022 at $66.00.
Sold all my UHS at $122.00. Bought on 11/29/2021 at $121.23 and on 06/16/2022 at $100.00.
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Still lightening up on some lower dividend payers.

Sold all my FTV at $65.07. Bought on 02/04 at $65.00 and on 03/07 at $59.93
Sold my last lot of GE at $82.58. Bought on 11/07/2021 at $60.00 {Long term gain}
Sold my remaining MCHP at $68.39. Bought on 06/16/2022 at $59.72
Sold my highest cost lot of STT at $76.53. Bought on 04/22/2022 at $72.00. Also hold lots at $68.00 and $63.04.
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Sold all of my remaining BA position at $161.90. Bought this 5 times between 03/04 and 05/12/2022. Sold it about 2.5% above my average cost (pays no dividend).
Sold my highest cost lot of SPG at $116.50. Bought on 05/20/2022 at $106.80.
Sold the last of my FRT at $106.68. Bought on 06/14/2022 at $95.00.
Sold some of my HBAN at $15.45. Bought on 06/23/2022 at $11.80.
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Sold a tiny position in FRT at $105.27. Bought on 09/23/22 at $89.18
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Sold my last tiny lot of LRCX at $418.50. Bought on 10/13 at $302.09.
Sold a tiny lot of ARE at $146.91. Bought on 06/17 at $130.00.
Sold my last tiny lot of JCI at $59.59. Bought on 06/14 at $49.21.
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Sold all my tiny position in NVDA at $141.01, just slightly above my average cost.
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Sold the last of my tiny ISRG position at $249.14. Bought on 05/06/2022 at $225.00
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Culling some more of my lower dividend payers at gains.
Sold my tiny CAT position at $$210.15. Bought on 02/24/2022 at $182.00
Sold my DVA position just slightly above my average breakeven at $99.35
Sold my GE position just slightly above my average breakeven at $77.50
Sold the rest of my TT at $157.35. Bought on 06/16/2022 at $121.93
Sold the rest of my XYL at $100.21. Bought on 03/07/2022 at $82.70
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Culling some more of my no-dividend payers at gains.
Sold all my ETSY position just slightly above my average breakeven at $106.00.
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Culling some more of my no/low dividend payers at gains.
Sold all my ISRG position just slightly above my average breakeven at $231.03.
Sold my tiny ROST position at $90.70. Bought on 07/01/2022 at $69.44
Sold all my remaining DHI at $74.20 and $74.88. Bought on 04/07/2022 at $70.00 and on 05/11/2022 at $64.77
Sold my tiny IEX position at 210.90. Bought on 05/12/2022 at $181.40
Sold my tiny ROK position at $241.30. Bought on 05/10/2022 at $200.00
Sold half of my tiny XYL position at $97.45. Bought on 02/04/2022 at $88.00
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Culling some of my no/low dividend payers at gains.
Sold my tiny bit of WMT at $137.45. Bought on 05/18/2022 at $122.00
Sold my tiny bit of DAL at $33.27. Bought on 06/30/2022 at $28.76
Sold my tiny bit of FTV at $62.95. Bought on 03/07/2022 at $59.00
Sold Half of my V at $193.09. Bought on 09/23/2022 at $183.47
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Liquidated all my lots of NFLX at $270.01. Bought this 6 times on the way down (lowest was $193.72 in late April), and sold about 6 points above my average breakeven point.
Not looking back 🙂
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On the strong open:
Sold out of my SYK stock at $223.89. Bought on 06/13 at $208.32
Sold out of my AMGN stock at 254.16. Bought on 10/06/2021 at $210.00 ( got a year’s worth of dividends too)

Sold multiple lots of NCLH at $14.40. Lots bought between 03/07 and 06/14/2022. This get’s me out basically even based on my average cost and not going to hold this no-divvy stock in this market environment.

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Selling my last lot to get closer to cash:
Sold CMI at $221.78. Bought on 03/07/2022 at $190.00
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Taking gains and getting closer to cash for the next downturn:
Sold CMI at $218.20
Sold MA at $302.69
Sold WYNN at $70.22
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Liquidated a portion of my BIIB at $271.81. Bought on 11/29/2021 at $238.00.

Now I know why LABU spiked today (big moves in BIIB and LLY)

Edit:
Sold a bit more at $277.01. Bought on 12/02/2021 at $225.00
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Sold all my tiny LVS position at a gain in a weak market
Sold LVS at $40.60 (near its 6-month high).
Bought in August 2021 at 40.00 and again in December at $35.00 (could have bought more at $30 but I stopped buying most no-divvy stocks this summer)
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Sold some HBAN at $14.55 (at it’s 3-month high). Bought on 07/01/2022 at $11.72
Sold half of my JCI at $59.58(near it’s 3-month high). Bought on 05/09/2022 at $51.80
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More tiny trades:
Sold all my ADSK(in one account) at $234.96 (near it’s 6-month high).
Bought (5 times) from 01/24 to 03/14 and bought from $234.08 all the way down to $190.00.
Pays no dividend
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Tiny Trades:
Sold another lot of SPY at $430.41. Bought on 06/13 at $378.00
Sold my highest cost lot of PPG at $137.48. Bought on 02/28 at $133.00
Sold my highest cost lot of BBY at $86.01. Bought on 05/16 at $83.38
Sold half of my TGT at $178.68. Bought on 05/18 at $159.00
Sold half of my CLX at $150.01. Bought on 02/04 at $144.51
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Tiny Trades
Sold another lot of SPY at $427.20. Bought on 05/20/2022 at $384.58
Sold out of my DOV at $140.00. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $132.69
Sold the last of my GS at $356.05. Bought on 05/12/2022 at $299.00
Sold some TT at $164.58. Bought on 05/02/2022 at $137.83. Holding one last lot bought at $121.93
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Tiny Trades:
Sold some BEN at $28.95. Bought on 04/07 at $25.71. Stil hold some at $24.42 and 23.19
Sold some GE at $79.29. Bought on 05/02 at $74.25. Still hold some at $60.00
Sold JPM at $121.20. Bought on 05/02 at 118.90. Still hold some at $106.13
Sold some ROK at $257.27. Bought on 05/03 at $223.00. Stil hold some at $200.00
Sold some HON at $200.05. Bought on 02/03 at $195.28. Still hold some at $187.55
Sold F at $16.15. Bought on 06/17 at 11.00
Sold SPG at $115.17. Bought on 06/16 at $95.00
Sold EMN at $100.64. Bought on 06/16 at $87.60
Sold CINF at $103.36. Bought on 08/01 at $96.36
Sold PNC at $173.03. Bought on 05/16 at $156.20
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Tiny Trades
Sold another lot of SPY at $423.00. Bought on 05/12 at $386.00.
Sold another lot of QQQ at $329.60. Bought on 05/20 at $282.48.
Sold C at $54.24. Bought on 5/12 at $45.64.
Sold STT at $73.59. Bought on 5/12 at $66.00.
Sold MMM at $151.23. Bought on 06/16 at $131.12.
Sold some FRC at $165.96. Bought on 05/05 at $146.73
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Tiny trades:
Sold my highest and oldest lot of XYL at $100.40 (near a 6-month high). Bought on 02/03 at $93.29
Sold half my TFC at $50.77 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 05/02 at $48.22. Holding the rest at $45.64.
Sold some HBAN at $13.92 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 05/12 at $12.61.
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Tiny trades:
Sold my highest and oldest remaining lot of SPY at $417.01 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 05/11 at $393.00
Sold half my HD at $311.86 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 04/06 at $298.00. Holding the rest bought at $268.00.
Sold half my IEX at $213.12 (near a 6-month high). Bought on 02/11 at $190.95. Holding the rest bought at $181.40.
Sold some of my PENN at $37.36 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 04/11 at $35.92
Sold some BEN at $28.04 (near a 3-month high). Bought on 05/02 at 24.53
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Tiny Trades:
Sold out of my position in PH at $294.64 (near it’s 3-month high). Bought on 03/08/2022 at $270.00.
Sold out of my position in NEE at $87.52 (near it’s 6-month high). Bought on 05/02/2022 at $69.00.
Sold out (in one account) my position in XYL at $98.26 (near it’s 6-month high). Bought on 05/02/2022 at $80.00.
Sold my oldest and highest lot of TT at $154.20 (near it’s 3-month high). Bought on 02/23/2022 at $149.00.
Sold out (in one account) my position in SBUX at $87.96 (near it’s 3-month high). Bought on 05/10/2022 at $71.97.
Sold half of my APD at $256.45. Bought on 03/04/2022 at $228.00.
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