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Covered calls on quality stocks & ETFs can increase returns!

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We buy value stocks and sell covered calls for income

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  • What stocks do you buy? 
  • What call options do you sell? 
  • When do you sell the underlying stock? 

We search the market, looking for the best stocks

that fit our criteria for safe long term value and,

High call premiums to generate short term income.

You receive recommendations every Wednesday, what stock to buy, what covered call to sell, or resell a new call against our holdings.  Your email will give you our target purchase price and minimum price for the call option.  Here is this weeks recommendation!


We have two recommendations this week, since we had Six of our Ten positions called away last week...here is one:

Buy Enerplus Resources Fund (ERF) @ $23.39
(100 share increments)

Then:

Sell to open the ERF 24 MAR 12 C => $0.45
(one call contract equals 100 shares)

The stock price is based on the closing price on Tuesday. This will net 4.6% in eight and a half weeks if called away, or a 1.9% return on your money (and downside protection) if not called away. Adjust these prices based on market conditions. With these prices your net price in the stock will be $22.94 (stock purchase price minus covered call premium). If your net price is less, you will make slightly more. If your net price is more, you will make slightly less on a percentage basis. We would suggest adjustment higher of no more than $0.10 (For example: stock price can be higher by $0.20 as long as the covered call increases $0.10)

Enerplus Resources is a Canadian independent oil and gas producer. The company pays a $0.18 dividend per month. We will qualify for two of these dividend payments while we own it. I have not included these in our profit projections, if included our return would be 6.3% The dividend is subject to change by the company and is dependent on production, exploration costs, and realized price each month. The company placed almost 13 million shares last week at $23.45. We can buy in here at the same or lower price than the ‘big boys’ paid.

Here are the results for last week’s recommendation for new subscribers: We bought Xerox Co. (XRX) for $8.11 and sold to open the 8 JAN 12 call for $0.45 on 01/18


All recommendations will be posted on the web site, for your convenience.  All positions will be tracked in our weekly alerts and on the web site as long as we own them.  All results will be recorded, you can always see our trading history, and the gains.







We only carry ten stocks

We will carry a portfolio of ten stocks, selling call options against each one.  We will recommend these stocks on a rolling basis, replacing them as necessary.  Some may be held for a extended period, but others may be replaced as call premiums dictate. 

Each position should represent 10% of your portfolio dedicated to our covered call strategy.  We will constantly monitor the ROI on our portfolio, so you will know the results.

This is the best way to beat the market, and make outsized gains the safe way.

In fact, our Model Portfolio was up 15% in the first four months of 2011, almost doubling the S&P 500!

Because we sell call options against every position, you should buy each position in even 100 share increments.  Try to keep the positions roughly equal in dollar value.  This way a 10% gain is just as important as a 5% gain.  We will concentrate on stocks and ETF's priced under $50  This would make your minimum expected investment in each position less than $5000  You don't have to play every position, but you will want to, when you see the returns.  Remember, you will have income back to your account.  Every time we buy a stock, we sell an option!  And we will keep selling them, time after time.

This service is the fastest safest way to build a solid portfolio with above average profits through up and down markets.

Our price for this vital service?  Only $199 per quarter, or $796 per year.  If you subscribe for one year, you pay the lower price of only $695, saving $101  I know that is a lot of money.  But...

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exact entry price on our selected stocks.  Exact instructions on which call option to sell and at what price.  We monitor all positions 24/7 so you can work at your job or business and not worry, knowing your investment account is growing every day!  We email instructions to you Tuesday night, but you can check the website anytime for posted positions and the latest instructions.  We archive all past recommendations, so you can look back to see every one of our posts.

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  • A specific buy price on our selected stock. 
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  • Email alerts when time to sell. 
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Here is one of our past weekly alerts:

May 11, 2011

The market got taken down last week along with precious metals and crude oil. We have rallied back and now look in striking distance of surpassing the highs of April 29.

We dipped below support of 1344 last week, but cleared it now moving higher with a broad based rally. I am surprised by the resiliency of the market. I don’t believe traders and investors have fully priced in the ending of QE2, choosing instead to merrily go on their way looking backwards rather than forward. When I look back, I am checking to see if anything is gaining on me!

The eurozone credit problem reared its head over this last weekend, but now seems like old news. This has been ‘old’ news now for the last 15 months. It doesn’t seem that long, but we started writing about Greek problems last February. I hope we are not writing about it in 2013, but fear we will be. The problems are not going away, they are getting worse.

The economies in Europe’s weakest countries are not growing fast enough to cover the debt they have incurred in the last three years. Greece is in danger of needing a second round cash infusion or needs to modify the length and interest rates on the loans they have already received. This would allow them to access the private debt markets for additional bond sales. Other countries are in similar shape. We are concerned about a “Summer of Discontent.”

We look to have two stocks called away next week. We are watching for roll-up opportunities. Discounting transaction costs and the premiums offered do not justify additional action at this time. We will let our portfolio do our work for us. I will monitor for reasons to adjust and send out an alert if the opportunity presents itself.

We own some good stocks in our portfolio and should be just fine. We will manage our positions and work our way through any rough waters. We are going to stay conservative and take money out of the market when available. The next four months probably won’t see us make 15% (like we did in the first four months), but we have a good plan and will work to execute it. That is the best way to stay invested and profit.

Here are key S&P levels we are watching:

1363---Closing high on 4/29/11
1343---Closing high on 2/18/11
1330---Closing high on 3/02/11
1337---20-day moving average
1321---50-day moving average
1298—Closing the week of 8/11/08
1287—23.6% retracement of gain from 7/01/10 to 4/29/11
1235---38.2% retracement of advance from 7/01/10 to 4/29/11
1229—200-day moving average
1192---50% retracement of advance from 7/01/10 to 4/29/11
1150---61.8% retracement of advance from 7/01/10 to 4/29/11
1090---78.6% retracement of advance from 7/01/10 to 4/29/11
1039---Low twice in June and 8/25, 8/27, 8/31 2010

Here is our Recommendation for new subscribers:

Buy Microsoft Co. (MSFT) @ $25.67
(100 share increments)

Then:

Sell to open the MSFT 26 JUN 11 C @ $0.44
(one call contract equals 100 shares)

The stock price is based on the closing price on Tuesday. This will net 3.7% in five and a half weeks if called away, or a 2.3% return on your money (and downside protection) if not called away. Adjust these prices based on market conditions. With these prices your net price in the stock will be $25.23 (stock purchase price minus covered call premium). If your net price is less, you will make slightly more. If your net price is more, you will make slightly less on a percentage basis. We would suggest adjustment higher of no more than $0.10 (For example: stock price can be higher by $0.20 as long as the covered call increases $0.10)

MFST announced the purchase of Skype Tuesday morning. The stock opened lower but built back to erase most of the loss for the day. The return includes a $0.16 dividend you will receive on 6/8, ex-date is 5/17

We like to wait past the first hour’s turbulence simply to avoid the rapid movements that can occur while we enter our orders. If the net price falls in our parameter (purchase minus call income) then we buy the stock and sell the call. If the market is falling we don’t mind waiting for a better price. If the stock is rising, we buy the stock then may delay selling the call option for a higher price. If it is static, we execute as soon as practicable. I hope this helps you. Email with any questions, I will do my best to help you make money!

Here are the results for last week’s recommendation for subscribers: Suntech Power Holdings (STP) purchased for $8.47 and we sold the JUN 9 covered call for $0.42 on 5/04

We update the Model Portfolio each month on the web site under our results page.  We are up 15% after four months this year.  Let us know if you have any questions or we can help you in any way.

We will monitor our positions and send out Alerts as needed. Only changes or new recommendations are highlighted in red. Please be sure to check all recommendations, so you have them entered or monitored. The price to the right of the Stock symbol in the recap below is our portfolio’s present net cost in that stock from the original recommendation

Each stock symbol is followed by the dates and net prices new subscribers have entered positions on our recommendation.

Recap and Changes in Action or unfilled orders:

STP  12/23/09 $12.43 * 4/14 $11.75 * 6/16 $8.20 * 1/5/11 7.67 * 2/22/11 8.89 * 5/04/11 8.05 =  We sold to open the STP 10 JUN 11 C for $0.50 on 4/29
Stock observation: Stock has dropped and recovered in the last week. We are consolidating here. This stock may see a run higher on a short squeeze, but will ignore it and let this call run for now. We need to be closer to expiration to rollover. The 5/4/11 position has a JUN 9 covered call sold against it.

CLNE 4/21 $16.60 * 6/23 $14.45 * 8/11 14.45 * 1/19 12.68 * 4/14 14.87 = We sold to open the CLNE 15 JUN 11 C for $0.85 on 2/22
Stock observation: Company reported a 67% increase in revenue in first quarter, but still lost money. Stock is trading near our strike price. 4/14 position has the May 16 covered call sold against it.

ACI 12/15 28.49 * 3/09 31.64 We sold to open the ACI 35 MAY 11 C for $1.00 on 4/21 We will make 22.9% on our original position if called away next Saturday.
Stock observation: Stock has consolidated after the price drop from acquisitions of Massey and ICO. This company should do very well for us. We will let this expire then sell another covered call.

PCX  1/26 19.46 * 3/10 20.03 We sold to open the PCX 25 MAY 11 C for $1.62 on 4/21 We will make 28.5% on our original position if called away next Saturday.
Stock observation: Our stock is just under our strike price. Premiums do not justify a roll-up at this time. We will watch for now. We look good here.

F 2/2 15.01 * 4/06 15.36 We sold to open the F 16 MAY 11 C for => $0.52 on 4/08 We will make 6.6% if called away next Saturday.
Stock observation: Stock is trading under our strike price. It should rebound higher from here, but we look good to let expire then sell a new covered call on a peaking stock price.

MSFT 3/02 $24.73 We sold to open the MSFT 26 JUN 11 C for $0.96 on 4/26
Stock observation: Company announced the purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion Tuesday morning. Stock has traded down since rumors started circulating. We are in line for a dividend on this of $0.16, ex-date is 5/17 We are too far out to rollover, but will watch. We are ok here.

MU 3/23 9.76 We bought the stock at $10.29 and sold to open the MU 11 MAY 11 C for $0.53 on 3/23 We will make 12.7% if called away next Saturday.
Stock observation: Stock is below our strike price, but should move above by option expiration. We will watch for a late roll-up on this one. We are ok here.

CCJ 3/30 28.11 We bought the stock at $29.76 and sold to open the CCJ 31 MAY 11 C for $1.65 on 3/30 We will make 10.3% if called away next Saturday.
Stock observation: Company missed earnings estimates and top line was down. Company confirmed plans to increase future production but warned that nuclear sector may be soft for a year on the Japanese accident.. We will be ok here.

ATPG 4/20 15.34 We bought the stock for $16.60 on 4/20 and sold the ATPG 17 JUN 11 C for $1.26 on 4/21
Stock observation: Stock has moved above our strike price. We are ok here.

SLV 4/27 41.96 We bought the stock at $44.00 and sold to open the SLV 46 JUN 11 C for $2.04 on 4/27
Stock observation: Silver hit highs the last week of April then dropped on margin increases by the exchanges. It looks like precious metals have hit support and bounced. We are good here.

New subscribers should buy the recommendation at the top of this Alert. 

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