In article “U.S. Trade Deficit – Ocean Shipping – Covered Calls” we analyzed the shipping industry in light of world trade and the U.S trade deficit. We decided the shipping industry was looking bullish and a covered calls stock options strategy might be a fruitful investment. Three of the four positions we selected were fully profitable and the average return of the positions was +2.2%.

Interestingly, the GMR position paid out a huge $15 dividend during the holding period. The lone loser was TOPT with a loss of -2.1% on the position, but the loss for the covered calls position for TOPT was not nearly as large as a straight long position which would have resulted in a loss of -4.1%. Read more »

In article “Fertilizer is Smelling Good – Covered Calls” we looked at covered calls for fertilizer companies. The stocks for fertilizer companies have been doing very well with the emergence of ethanol as a potential competitor to gasoline derived from oil. We selected covered calls positions for fertilizer companies and every position selected was fully profitable experiencing a very nice +5.4% average return. Read more »

In the article, “Germany – As Far As East Is From West – Covered Calls”, we checked out investing in covered calls stock options positions for companies located in Germany. The average return for the positions selected was +3.7%. The +3.7% return was generated in only 36 days.

All eight positions selected were profitable with seven of the eight positions experiencing the maximum return possible for a covered calls position. Read more »