The Covered Calls Investor Portfolio contained a total of 7 positions with November 2009 expirations, and 10 positions either with a Non-November expiration or no current covered call. The 7 positions with November expiration had the following...

I decided to open another covered call position in UNG, as I believe it has reached a near-term bottom around $8.80. Natural gas prices have been further depressed recently due to the continuing high storage levels as well as the relatively warm fall...

This is the other position which I sold the protective put. The performance metrics are below: 7/23/2009 -- Bought 100 UNG @ 13.14 7/23/2009 -- Sold To Open 1 UNG July $13 Call @ 0.88 8/22/2009 -- Call Expired 8/30/2009 -- Sold To Open 1 UNG October...

After UNG passed below the $9 mark, I decided to exit two of my put positions which I bought to further cover a decline in the price of UNG. I will most likely be selling some calls on my UNG positions over the next few weeks even if they have to be...

This position was established as another Long-Term Ex-Dividend (LTEX) position in the CCIP. New York Community Bancorp is a regional bank based in New York which mainly provides mortgages to multi-family dwellings. It has a very low default rate and...