May Account Activity

I haven't been blogging recently. I have been very busy in this great weather! As I glance through my holdings, I find it difficult to resist the temptation of making major changes to my stock portfolio. My energy stocks continue to decline. Perhaps the worst is behind us. I dislike the thought of selling at the bottom.

I plan to list my holdings or write a post each time I buy or sell stocks. For instance, I bought 300 shares of Dollarama (DOL.TO) and 500 shares of Wal-Mart (WMT). I purchased DOL as a long-term hold. My WMT purchase was the result of an assignment of a weekly short put position.

I was a very active trader this month; with a total of 61 option trades.

Listed below is my account activity for the month of May

DIVIDEND INCOME

Company Name         Amount of Dividend

AltaGas                                  $103.25
Bank of  Montreal                  $160.00
Colgate-Palmolive                  $304.00
Crescent Point Energy           $230.00
Dollarama                                $27.00
Emera Inc                               $461.20
General Mills                          $352.00
Inter Pipeline LTD                   $143.94
Keyera Corp                            $150.50
Leisureworld Senior Care        $225.00
Pembina Pipelines                   $162.69
Proctor & Gamble                    $536.00

    Total Dividends            $2,855.58


OPTION PREMIUMS

The following is a list of my May option trades. The premiums listed are the amounts of cash I received after commissions.

Date        Position                  Premiums

05/01    5P   DIS      May 8   $103      $207.54
05/01    5P    KO      May 8   $40.5       $81.84
05/01    5P    MON  May 8    $115      $137.53
05/01    5P    NKE    May 8    $97          $82.54
05/01   -5P    PFE    May 1     $34.5    -$267.45
05/01    5P    PFE    May 15   $34        $301.23
05/01    5P   SBUX  May 8    $49           $77.74
05/01    5P   WMT   May 8    $76           $62.54
05/01    5P   XOM   May 8    $85           $53.69
05/01    5P   XOP    May 8     $51          $87.89
05/07    5C   JNJ     May 15   $102        $58.54
05/07    4C   MCD   May 15   $101        $50.03
05/07    5P   NKE    May 15   $87         $62.89
05/07    5P   XOM   May 15   $94.5    $116.25
05/08    5P   SBUX  May 15   $48.5      $57.54
05/08    5P   WMT   May 15   $77         $67.54
05/08    5P   XOP    May 15    $50       $152.89
05/11    5P    DIS     May 15   $106        $71.24
05/11    5P    MON  May 15   $113       $112.54
05/11    4P    PEY    May 15   $34        $194.00
05/14   -5P    CNR   May 15    $76     -$1,307.50
05/14    5P    CNR   June 19   $76      $1,767.50
05/14    5P    DIS     May 22    $106         $67.54
05/14    5P    V         May 22    $76.50      $61.05
05/15  -2C    BNS    May 15   $64         -$183.00
05/15   2C    BNS    June 19   $64         $319.00
05/15   3C   EMA    June 19   $42         $136.26
05/15   -5C   JNJ      May 15   $102     -$112.25
05/15    5C.  JNJ      May 22   $102      $357.53
05/15    4C   MCD    May 22   $101       $50.03
05/15  -4P    PEY     May 15   $34      -$390.00
05/15   4P    PEY    June 19    $34       $634.00
05/15 -1P    XOM    May 15   $87.50   -$28.79
05/15   1P   XOM    Nay 22    $87          $52.91
05/18   8C  ALA       July        $42        $380.01
05/18   2P   JNJ       May 22    $100       $22.00
05/18   3P   JNJ       May 22    $101       $48.00
05/18   5C   PFE       May 22    $34        $86.04
05/18   5P  SBUX     May 22    $50         $67.54
05/18   3C   SU         July         $38        $127.26
05/18   5P  WMT      May 22   $76.50      $66.04
05/19  -5C   JNJ       May 22    $102   -$1,102.40
05/19   5C   JNJ        Oct          $105    $1,338.44
05/20   5P   BMO     June 19    $76         $187.50
05/20   6C   TRP       July          $56       $279.00
05/22   1P   ENB      Jan/18      $58        $808.50
05/22   5P   HD        May 29    $110      $136.12
05/22   1P   HSY     June 19    $90           $37.21
05/22   4C  MCD      May 29   $101        $66.03
05/22   5P   SBUX    May 29   $50         $47.54
05/22  -1P   XOM     May 22   $87      -$152.00
05/22   1P   XOM     May 29   $87       $338.00
05/26   5P    V          May 29   $67.5      $56.04
05/26   5C   WMT    May 29  $76.5       $23.14
05/29   -1P  XOM    May 29   $87       -$950.79
05/29   1P   XOM     July 5     $86.5   $1,134.20
05/29   5P   DIS        June 5    $107        $68.54
05/29   4C   MCD     June 5    $101         $15.00
05/29   5C   PEP      June 5     $98.5        $43.54
05/29   5P    V          June 5    $67.5      $101.04
05/29   5P   WMT    June 5    $76.5        $18.40

         Total Option Premiums     $6,354.24


Total May Income              $9,209.82


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)
CNR - CN Railway (TSX)
DIS - Walt Disney Co
EMA - Emera Corp (TSX)
ENB - Enbridge (TSX)
GIS - General Mills
HD - Home Depot
HSY - Hershey Co
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson
MCD - McDonalds Corp
MON - Monsanto Co
NKE - Nike
PEP - PepsiCo
PEY - Peyto Exploration (TSX)
TRP - TransCanada Corp
SBUX - Starbucks
SU - Suncor (TSX)
TD - Toronto Dominion Bank (TSX)
V - Visa
WMT - WalMart
XOM - Exxon-Mobil Corp
XOP - Oil & Gas Exploration ETF