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October Covered Call Trades Yield 3.6% to 15.4%

October was a successful month for the blog. Many of the trades we listed on the blog came in profitable. The trades listed in the following table are some of the trades making money for the month of October.

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In this blog we will look ahead and research some covered called trades involving these companies under the assumption the stocks will continue their upward trend. This may be an erroneous assumption, so do your homework before acting on any of these trades.

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For a few of the companies, we will dig into the news and see what they’re up to. But first, the successful trades.

OCT Covered Call Success
Company
Name
Stock
Sym.
Option
Bid
%
Pot.
Profit
Vanda Pharma. Inc. VNDA 07 OCT 15.0 (36) 15.4
GM GM 07 OCT 37.5 (26) 10.5
Huaneng Power Intl. Inc. HNP 07 OCT 45.0 (53) 9.3
Research In Motion Ltd. RIMM 07 OCT 85.0 (46) 8.5
Garmin Ltd. GRMN 07 OCT 105.0 (46) 8.2
Apple Computer Inc. AAPL 07 OCT 145.0 (46) 7.4
China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd. CN 07 OCT 50.0 (46) 7.3
Biovail Corp. Intl. BVF 07 OCT 17.5 (53) 7.1
Abraxis BioScience ABBI 07 OCT 22.5 (39) 7.1
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. KERX 07 OCT 10.0 (39) 6.3
China Telecom Corp. Ltd. CHA 07 OCT 60.0 (46) 6.1
Millicom Intnl. Cellular S.A. MICC 07 OCT 85.0 (46) 5.9
Vimpel Communications VIP 07 OCT 25.0 (46) 5.7
Leucadia National Corp. LUK 07 OCT 45.0 (46) 5.7
Huaneng Power Intl. Inc. HNP 07 OCT 40.0 (53) 4.2  
Enerplus Resources Fund ERF 07 OCT 40.0 (53) 3.7  
Vodafone AirTouch PLC VOD 07 OCT 30.0 (53) 3.6  
Boeing Co. BA 07 OCT 95.0 (52) 3.4  
Wyeth WYE 07 OCT 45.0 (39) 3.3  
(For more details click the ticker symbol above)

Below is a table of results for these companies for the month of November. These options expire in 25 days. Most of the higher yielding choices are scandalously out of the money.

Vanda Pharma. Inc. (VNDA) – investments in this company are speculative even in the best of times. Right now, the company has submitted an application to the FDA for a schizophrenia drug and was lauded by the Motley Fool website as an all-star one-star stock; this means it’s a crumby stock, according to analysts, which has been acting anything but crumby. Schizophrenic, you might say.

Garmin (GRMN) – This is a wonder-boy stock if there ever was one. This company was vaulted on to the commercial scene with the technology it developed from years of luxuriant Government contracts. Now, the company has unparalleled GPS technology that can be squeezed into anything from a cell phone to your Prius’ dash. The company has some competition from private competitors, but most of the news is about what latest product is trying to cram GPS into itself (Currently, it’s Palm’s suite of phones and PDAs).

China Telecom Corp. (CHA) – It’s the most populous country in the world, it’s filled with tech savvy citizens, and they all want to talk to each other about the latest black market DVD. This company’s nearest competitor is about half its size and the stock has gained about 150% in the past year and about 105% since this blog mentioned it in March. Will it keep growing? A lot of people are guessing yes.

Huaneng Power Intl. Inc. (HNP) — It’s the most populous country in the world, it’s filled with tech saavy citizens, and they all want to waste electricity watching their black market DVD. This company’s nearest competitor is about twice its size (Korean Power-KEP) and the stock has gained about 75% in the past year and about 60% since this blog mentioned it in March. Will it keep growing? A lot of people are guessing yes.

We were getting a little repetitive, so it’s time to take a look at the chart.

Power Options Covered Call Search Data – OCT Success
Symbol Stock
Price
Option Option
Details
Opt.
Bid
Net
Debit
%
Dnsd
Prot
%
if
Unch
%
if
Asgnd
VNDA 16.51 (-0.43) QDXKW 07 NOV 17.5 (25) 1 15.51 6.1 6.4 12.8
GRMN 120.53 (+5.35) RZJKF 07 NOV 130.0 (25) 4.1 116.43 3.4 3.5 11.7
CHA 88.29 (+2.83) CHAKS 07 NOV 95.0 (25) 3.2 85.09 3.6 3.8 11.6
HNP 52.10 (+0.32) HNPKK 07 NOV 55.0 (25) 2.45 49.65 4.7 4.9 10.8
GRMN 120.53 (+5.35) RZJKE 07 NOV 125.0 (25) 6 114.53 5 5.2 9.1
RIMM 124.53 (+11.15) RULKV 07 NOV 130.0 (25) 5.15 119.38 4.1 4.3 8.9
MICC 105.20 (+18.49) CQDKB 07 NOV 110.0 (25) 3.6 101.6 3.4 3.5 8.3
CHA 88.29 (+2.83) CHAKR 07 NOV 90.0 (25) 5 83.29 5.7 6 8.1
CN 64.17 (+1.14) CNKM 07 NOV 65.0 (25) 3.9 60.27 6.1 6.5 7.8
GM 38.35 (+0.71) GMKH 07 NOV 40.0 (25) 1.26 37.09 3.3 3.4 7.8
GRMN 120.53 (+5.35) RZJKD 07 NOV 120.0 (25) 8.3 112.23 6.9 6.9 6.9
RIMM 124.53 (+11.15) RULKE 07 NOV 125.0 (25) 7.2 117.33 5.8 6.1 6.5
MICC 105.20 (+18.49) CQDKA 07 NOV 105.0 (25) 5.8 99.4 5.5 5.6 5.6
HNP 52.10 (+0.32) HNPKJ 07 NOV 50.0 (25) 4.7 47.4 9 5.5 5.5
CHA 88.29 (+2.83) CHAKQ 07 NOV 85.0 (25) 7.7 80.59 8.7 5.5 5.5
GRMN 120.53 (+5.35) RZJKC 07 NOV 115.0 (25) 11 109.53 9.1 5 5
RIMM 124.53 (+11.15) RULKD 07 NOV 120.0 (25) 9.8 114.73 7.9 4.6 4.6
GM 38.35 (+0.71) GMKU 07 NOV 37.5 (25) 2.39 35.96 6.2 4.3 4.3
CN 64.17 (+1.14) CNKL 07 NOV 60.0 (25) 6.6 57.57 10.3 4.2 4.2
VIP 30.62 (+1.54) VIQKF 07 NOV 30.0 (25) 1.8 28.82 5.9 4.1 4.1
(For more details click the ticker symbol above)

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