Started a tiny new position in PG at $139.00.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tag Archives: SP500
TROW KHC UPS AMCR Stocks
Sold a tiny bit of TROW on the open at $115.00
Sold all my KHC at $27.01 – not holding for the split-up of the company
#FormerFallingKnife
Added a tiny bit of UPS at $84.00
Added a bit more of AMCR at $8.30 and $8.27 – ex-div tomorrow
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Thursday trades
Sold a bit of APA at $23.01
#FormerFallingKnife
Re-started a tiny CLX position at $117.00
(former CLX buys in June at $120.14 and $119 were exited last month at $130.15 and 132.22)
Added a tiny bit of GIS at $48.30
Started a tiny position in HRL at $24.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold 1 CE Sep 19 2025 55 Covered Call at $0.35
#CoveredCall
Sold 1 HRL 08/29/2025 22.5 Put at $0.05
#1DTE #EveryLittleBitHelps
LKQ LYB Stock, HAL Call
Started a tiny new position in LKQ at $29.00
Added a tiny bit of LYB at $49.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold a HAL Aug 08 2025 24.0 Covered Call at $0.02
#EveryLittleBitHelps
LYB Stock
Added tiny bits of LYB ay $51.11 and $51.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
EMN DOW Stock
Started a new tiny position in EMN at $57.00
Added a tiny bit of DOW at $21.95
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Thursday stocks
Bought a tiny bit of BAX at $22.50
Bought a tiny bit of DOW at $23.00
Bought a tiny bit of GIS at $48.75
Bought a tiny bit of UPS at $86.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
PEP Stock, DOW Put
Added a tiny bit of PEP at $127.75
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold 1 DOW 06/27/2025 26.5 Put at $0.11
#TinyPuts
CAG CPB CLX GIS
Added tiny positions in several good yielding stocks at the yearly lows
CAG at $21.18
CPB at $31.58
CLX at $120.14
GIS at $52.39
#SP500 #FallingKnife
AAP CPB Stocks
Sold a tiny bit of AAP stock at $48.62.
Bought at $48.00 way back on 10/24/2023
Sold a tiny bit more at $50.01
Bought at $49.00 on 10/23/2023
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Started a tiny new position in CPB at $34.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
ARE KHC Stocks
Added a tiny bit of ARE at $69.00
Started a tiny new position in KHC at $27.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
CAG PEP stock
Added a tiny bit of CAG at $22.62
Started a tiny position in PEP at $129.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks pre-market
Sold a tiny bit of BBY at $75.28 – bought at $63.00
Sold a tiny bit of TGT at $102.01 – bought at $101.00
Sold a tiny bit of PSX at $117.01 – bought at $113.00
Sold all my tiny position in FRT at $95.01 – bought at $95.00
#FormerFallingKnife #RaisingCash
Started a new position in MRK ay $74.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
CAG stock and option
Added a tiny bit of CAG at $23.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold 1 CAG 05/09/2025 22.5 Put at $0.10
#TinyPuts
Monday morning trades
Bought a tiny bit of GIS ar $55.00
Bought a tiny bit of OGN at $9.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Sold 1 Diagonal VXX 70/63 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit
Sold 1 Vertical VXX 05/09/2025 75/70 Bear Call Spread at $0.25 Credit
Sold 1 Vertical NUGT 05/09/2025 80/75 Bear Call Spread at $0.30 Credit
#OnlySpreads
Sold 1 F 05/09/2025 9.0 Put at $0.04
Sold 1 APA 05/09/2025 14.0 Put at $0.11
#TinyPuts
Sold 1 PFE 05/09/2025 25.0 Covered Call at $0.05
Sold 1 VFC 05/09/2025 14.5 Covered Call at $0.06
Sold CE 05/16/2025 65.0 Covered Calls at $0.10
Sold 1 SOXL 05/30/2025 19.0 Covered Call at $0.19
#CoveredCalls #EveryLittleBitHelps
BBBY COP DOW UPS Stocks
Tiny fills of some more yield plays in the pre-market:
BBY at $55.00
COP at $80.00
DOW at $25.00
UPS at $90.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
APA LYB TGT Stocks
Nibbling a little bit on some yield plays
Bought APA at $14.00
Bought LYB at $53.00
Bought TGT at $89.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Nibbling on some higher yield stocks
TROW at $83.00
SWK at $60.00
VTRS at $8.00
LYB at $60.00
TGT at $91.00
BBY at $60.00
UPS at $100.00
PSX at $99.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife – off a cliff today
SWK Stock
Added a tiny bit of SWK at $77.00 – Div = 4.22%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
DOW VTRS PPG Stocks
Added a tiny bit of DOW at $35.00 – Div = 7.87%
Added a tiny bit of VTRS at $8.75 – Div = 5.36%
Added a tiny bit of PPG at $106.00 – Div = 2.43%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
SPY
A rare 90%+ up day for the #SP500.
only 49/500 down on the day
FRT TGT TROW Stock
Started a tiny new position in FRT at $95.00
Started a tiny new position in TGT at $105.00
Added a tiny bit more to my TROW position at $92.20 and $91.99
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TROW LYB HST Stocks
Added a tiny bit more TROW at $92.99 just before the XDIV date tomorrow
Added a tiny bit of LYB at $72.00
Started a tiny position in HST at $15.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
TROW stock
Added a tiny bit of TROW at $97.00
Ex-Div on 03/14 for $1.27 – Yield = 5.14%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
ARE CCI FANG VZ Stocks
Sold a tiny bit of ARE at $103.64. Bought this lot on 12/18 at $100.00
Sold the last tiny bit of CCI at $98.04. Bought on 01/08 at $87.00
Sold a tiny bit of VZ at $47.18. My highest and oldest lot in this account bought in May 2022.
#FormerFallingKnife
Started a tiny new position in FANG at $138.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BMY TROW Stock
Sold a tiny bit of my BMY stock at $63.01
Bought at $42.00 last May
#FormerFallingKnife
Bought a tiny bit of TROW at $98.00
Ex-Div on 03/14 for $1.27 – Yield = 5.13%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
COP MOS
Added a tiny bit of MOS at $23.00
Added a tiny bit of COP at $87.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Late trades
Just noticed these
Started a new position in FMC at $34.00
Started a new position in NKE at $69.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Liquidated my entire (very old) position in LNC at $37.14
#FormerFallingKnife
Sold 1 F 02/14/2024 9.0 Put at $0.09
#TinyPuts
HSY MDLZ Stocks
Add a tiny bit to my HSY position at $141.00 and $139.00(pre-market)
Started a tiny new position in MDLZ at $54.25
#SP500 #FallingKnife
CMCSA EIX UPS Stocks
Added a tiny bit of CMCSA at $33.00
Started a tiny position in EIX at $54.00
Started a tiny position in UPS at $112.00, $111.00 and $110.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
HSY Stock
Added a tiny bit of HSY at $150.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
HSY TLT Stocks
Added a tiny bit of HSY at $156.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Started a tiny position in TLT at $85.00
Thanks @fuzzballl for the idea
CCI Stock
Started a tiny new position in CCI at $88.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
PEP stock
Started a tiny position in PEP at $147.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
PPG Stock
Started a tiny position in PPG at $117.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
First SP500 stock at a new low in 2025
DOW LYB Stocks
Added a tiny bit to DOW at $41.00
Added a tiny bit to LYB at $75.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
CVS DVN Stock
Added tiny bit to my CVS position at $51.00 and $50.00
Added tiny bit to my DVN position at $34.00 (ex-div tomorrow – yield 5.75%)
#SP500 #FallingKnife
BAX CVS
#TinyTrades
Bought BAX at $31.00 and $30.83
Bought CVS at $52.71
#SP500 #FallingKnife
DVN DOW MCHP CE LYB Stock
Added tiny bits of these at new lows
DVN at $36.00
DOW at $42.00
MCHP at $60.00
CE at $70.00
LYB at $77.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks early today
Tiny Buys at new lows:
DVN at $40.00
NUE at $137.00
HES at $125.00
SLB at $39.00
BEN at $19.00
APA at $23.00
OXY at $50.00
#SP500 #FallingKnife
CVX
Added some CVX at $140.00. Div = 4.22%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Tiny gains
Sold more of my tiny positions in:
PARA at $13.50 and 13.75
INTC at $43.83
UPS at 148.20
GPS at $18.13
#SP500 #FormerFallingKnife
NEM BBY Stocks
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
CVX Stock
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
OGN Stock
Bought a tiny bit of OGN at $14.00 (pre-market). Div = 7.65%
#SP500 #FallingKnife
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
Stocks
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
GLW AAP Stock
Bought a tiny bit of GLW at $25.72. Div = 4.15%
Added a tiny bit more to AAP at $48.00.
#SP500 #FallingKnife
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
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
MMM Stock
Added to my tiny position on MMM at $93.50. Div = 6.25%
#SP500 #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
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
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
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
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