Option Expiration - April 2015

The past two Fridays, I've been working graveyard shifts. It's been difficult to watch my option positions while trying to sleep during market hours. Fortunately my trades have required very little attention.

Last Friday, I had eight short put positions expire worthless, allowing me to collect $1,068.63 premiums.

The following is a list of my expired option positions. Premiums are the amounts of cash I received after commissions. My option premiums are included as income in my monthly blog posts on the date the income is received

Date                 Position           Premiums

04/01/15   5P   DIS     $99.50    $156.03
04/01/15   5P   NKE   $95         $222.54
04/21/15   5P   SBUX $46         $106.04
04/22/15   5P     T       $32           $71.04
04/01/15   5P     V       $61.88.   $227.54
04/22/15   5P   WMT  $76.50      $76.50
04/22/15   5P   XOM   $86           $51.05
04/21/15   5P    XOP   $52         $157.89


Because I returned from vacation on April option expiration day, I missed posting my April positions.

Date                    Position           Premiums

12/19/14   10P   ALA  $48          $7,077.51 rolled
03/24/15    7C   ALA   $44            $226.26
02/23/15    2C   BMO  $82              $91.51
03/17/15    1C   BNS   $64              $73.50 rolled
03/24/15    1C   BNS   $64              $74.50 rolled
11/07/14   10C  CPG   $42             $527.51
03/20/15    3C   EMA  $42            $121.26
03/20/15    5P   NA      $46            $387.50
02/13/15    5C   PG      $90            $183.75 
03/24/15    4C  RCI.B  $46              $41.01
03/25/15    5P   SBUX $93            $172.88
02/23/15    6C   TD      $56            $294.51
10/15/14   15P  YUM  $70          $9,721.04


Ticker Symbols

* TSX listed stocks and options are listed in Canadian currency and the remainder are listed in US currency (exchange rates may vary).

ALA - AltaGas (TSX)
BMO - Bank of Montreal (TSX)
BNS - Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX)
CPG - Crescent Point Energy
CVE - Cenovus Energy (TSX)
DIS - Walt Disney Corp
EMA - Emera Inc (TSX)
NKE - Nike
NA - National Bank (TSX)
RCI.B - Rogers Communications (TSX)
SBUX - Starbucks
T - AT&T Inc
TD - Toronto Dominion Bank (TSX)
V - Visa
WMT - WalMart
XOM - Exxon Mobol
XOP - Oil/Gas Exploration ETF
YUM - Yum Brands