Weekly Commentary
Last week we sold calls against newly issued shares in PFE, BITO, GDX and KO. Since we are only a few days into each trade, I plan on posting the details of each position, per usual, in next week’s issue. Until then, I intend on adding one more position to the mix this week. Again, my goal is to have 8 to 10 ongoing positions using the income wheel approach with the occasional one-off trade to bring in some extra income from time to time.
Current Positions
| Open Date | Ticker | Stock Price (open) | Stock Price (current) | Strategy | Trade | Open Price | Current Price | Delta |
| Income Wheel Portfolio - Open Trades | ||||||||
| 7/24/2023 | WFC | $46.77 | $41.23 | Short Put | September 15, 2023 45 Put | $0.85 | $3.75 | 0.93 |
| 7/24/2023 | DKNG | $30.59 | $28.15 | Short Put | September 15, 2023 28 Put | $1.36 | $1.10 | 0.45 |
| 8/21/2023 | PFE | $37.09 | $36.38 | Covered Call | September 29, 2023 38 Call | $0.78 | $0.06 | 0.04 |
| 8/21/2023 | BITO | $13.41 | $13.35 | Covered Call | September 29, 2023 14 Call | $0.48 | $0.35 | 0.33 |
| 8/21/2023 | GDX | $27.61 | $28.40 | Covered Call | October 20, 2023 29 Call | $0.86 | $1.12 | 0.47 |
| 8/21/2023 | KO | $60.42 | $60.39 | Covered Call | September 29, 2023 61 Call | $0.78 | $0.64 | 0.41 |
| Open Date | Close Date | Ticker | Strategy | Trade | Open Price | Closed Price | Profit | Return |
| Income Wheel Portfolio - Closed Trades | ||||||||
| 6/3/2022 | 7/8/2022 | PFE | Short Put | July 8, 2022 50 Put | $0.65 | $0.00 | $0.65 | 1.30% |
| 6/10/2022 | 7/15/2022 | GDX | Short Put | July 15, 2022 29 Put | $0.66 | Assigned at $29 | ($2.75) | -9.48% |
| 6/10/2022 | 7/15/2022 | BITO | Short Put | July 15, 2022 16 Put | $0.82 | Assigned at $16 | ($2.09) | -13.10% |
| 6/22/2022 | 7/21/2022 | WFC | Short Put | July 29, 2022 35 Put | $0.80 | $0.02 | $0.78 | 2.23% |
| 6/30/2022 | 8/10/2022 | KO | Short Put | August 19, 2022 57.5 Put | $0.70 | $0.03 | $0.67 | 1.20% |
| 7/21/2022 | 8/10/2022 | WFC | Short Put | August 19, 2022 39 Put | $0.46 | $0.04 | $0.42 | 1.08% |
| 7/18/2022 | 8/17/2022 | BITO | Covered Call | August 19, 2022 16 Call | $0.50 | $0.03 | $0.47 | 3.59% |
| 7/18/2022 | 8/17/2022 | GDX | Covered Call | August 19, 2022 28 Call | $0.63 | $0.05 | $0.57 | 2.22% |
| 7/11/2022 | 8/23/2022 | PFE | Short Put | August 19, 2022 50 Put | $1.00 | Assigned at $50 | $0.21 | 0.43% |
| 8/17/2022 | 9/7/2022 | BITO | Covered Call | September 23, 2022 16.5 Call | $0.55 | $0.03 | $0.52 | 4.00% |
| 8/17/2022 | 9/7/2022 | GDX | Covered Call | September 23, 2022 28 Call | $0.59 | $0.07 | $0.52 | 2.03% |
| 8/23/2022 | 9/23/2022 | PFE | Covered Call | October 21, 2022 50 Call | $1.50 | $0.09 | $1.41 | 2.82% |
| 8/10/2022 | 9/23/2022 | KO | Short Put | September 23, 2022 60 Put | $0.62 | Assigned at $60 | ($0.78) | -1.30% |
| 8/10/2022 | 9/23/2022 | WFC | Short Put | September 23, 2022 41 Put | $0.61 | Assigned at $41 | $0.02 | 0.05% |
| 9/7/2022 | 10/17/2022 | BITO | Covered Call | October 21, 2022 14 Call | $0.40 | $0.03 | $0.37 | 2.60% |
| 9/7/2022 | 10/17/2022 | GDX | Covered Call | October 21, 2022 26 Call | $0.70 | $0.04 | $0.66 | 2.50% |
| 9/26/2022 | 10/21/2022 | WFC | Covered Call | October 21, 2022 41 Call | $1.30 | Called away at $41 | $1.89 | 4.67% |
| 9/26/2022 | 10/21/2022 | KO | Covered Call | October 21, 2022 60 Call | $0.70 | $0.00 | $0.70 | 1.20% |
| 9/23/2022 | 1028/2022 | PFE | Covered Call | October 28, 2022 47 Call | $0.56 | Called away at $47 | $3.49 | 7.43% |
| 10/17/2022 | 11/17/2022 | BITO | Covered Call | November 25, 2022 13.5 Call | $0.38 | $0.03 | $0.35 | 2.60% |
| 10/25/2022 | 11/17/2022 | WFC | Short Put | November 25, 2022 43 Put | $0.96 | $0.07 | $0.89 | 2.00% |
| 10/17/2022 | 11/25/2022 | GDX | Covered Call | November 25, 2022 26 Call | $0.58 | Called away at $26 | $1.09 | 3.87% |
| 10/25/2022 | 11/25/2022 | KO | Covered Call | November 25, 2022 60 Call | $0.80 | Called away at $60 | $2.20 | 3.75% |
| 11/3/2022 | 12/8/2022 | PFE | Short Put | December 16, 2022 45 Put | $1.08 | $0.02 | $1.06 | 2.36% |
| 11/17/2022 | 12/19/2022 | BITO | Covered Call | December 30, 2022 12 Call | $0.45 | $0.04 | $0.41 | 3.42% |
| 11/17/2022 | 12/30/2022 | WFC | Short Put | December 30, 2022 44 Put | $1.02 | Assigned at $44 | ($1.37) | -3.11% |
| 11/29/2023 | 1/9/2023 | GDX | Short Put | January 20, 2023 26 Put | $0.87 | $0.02 | $0.85 | 3.27% |
| 12/8/2022 | 1/13/2023 | PFE | Short Put | January 13, 2023 49 Put | $0.62 | Assigned at $49 | ($0.53) | -1.08% |
| 12/19/2022 | 1/20/2023 | BITO | Covered Call | January 20, 2023 11.5 Call | $0.30 | Called away at $11.5 | $1.49 | 14.70% |
| 11/29/2022 | 1/20/2023 | KO | Short Put | January 20, 2023 60 Put | $0.84 | $0.00 | $0.84 | 1.40% |
| 1/5/2023 | 2/17/2023 | WFC | Covered Call | February 17, 2023 45 Call | $0.84 | Called away at $45 | $4.23 | 10.17% |
| 1/9/2023 | 2/17/2023 | GDX | Short Put | February 17, 2023 29 Put | $0.54 | Assigned at $29 | ($0.05) | -0.10% |
| 1/23/2023 | 2/17/2023 | KO | Short Put | February 17, 2023 59 Put | $0.62 | $0.00 | $0.62 | 1.05% |
| 1/23/2023 | 2/17/2023 | BITO | Short Put | February 17, 2023 13.5 Put | $0.52 | $0.00 | $0.52 | 3.85% |
| 1/20/2023 | 3/1/2023 | PFE | Covered Call | March 3, 2023 46 Call | $1.00 | $0.02 | $0.98 | 2.18% |
| 2/22/2023 | 3/23/2023 | BITO | Short Put | March 31, 2023 31 Put | $0.50 | $0.05 | $0.45 | 3.46% |
| 2/22/2023 | 3/29/2023 | KO | Short Put | March 31, 2023 59 Put | $0.86 | $0.02 | $0.84 | 1.42% |
| 3/1/2023 | 3/29/2023 | PFE | Covered Call | April 6, 2023 42 Call | $0.65 | $0.05 | $0.60 | 1.43% |
| 2/21/2023 | 3/31/2023 | GDX | Covered Call | March 31, 2023 29.5 Call | $0.75 | Called away at $29.5 | $1.84 | 6.48% |
| 2/23/2023 | 3/31/2023 | WFC | Short Put | March 31, 2023 43 Put | $0.53 | Assigned at $43 | ($4.87) | -11.32% |
| 3/29/2023 | 4/28/2023 | KO | Short Put | May 19, 2023 60 Puts | $0.76 | $0.08 | $0.68 | 1.13% |
| 3/29/2023 | 4/28/2023 | PFE | Covered Call | May 19, 2023 42.5 Call | $0.53 | $0.05 | $0.48 | 1.23% |
| 4/4/2023 | 5/8/2023 | GDX | Short Put | May 19, 2023 32 Put | $0.78 | $0.70 | $0.71 | 2.22% |
| 3/23/2023 | 5/18/2023 | BITO | Short Put | May 19, 2023 15 Put | $1.10 | $0.03 | $1.07 | 7.13% |
| 4/4/2023 | 5/24/2023 | WFC | Covered Call | May 19, 2023 40 Call | $0.55 | Called away at $40 | $3.94 | 10.76% |
| 4/28/2023 | 6/16/2023 | PFE | Covered Call | June 16, 2023 40 Call | $0.63 | Called away at $40 | $1.71 | 4.40% |
| 3/29/2023 | 6/16/2023 | KO | Short Put | June 16, 2023 62.5 Put | $0.70 | Assigned at $62.5 | ($0.13) | -0.21% |
| 5/8/2023 | 6/16/2023 | GDX | Short Put | June 16, 2023 34 Put | $0.91 | Assigned at $34 | ($1.70) | -5.00% |
| 5/18/2023 | 6/30/2023 | BITO | Short Put | June 30, 2023 14 Put | $0.45 | $0.01 | $0.44 | 3.14% |
| 5/24/2023 | 7/6/2023 | WFC | Short put | July 21, 2023 37.5 Put | $1.01 | $0.09 | $0.92 | 2.54% |
| 6/30/2023 | 7/24/2023 | DKNG | Short Put | August 18, 2023 22.5 Put | $0.63 | $0.09 | $0.54 | 2.40% |
| 7/6/2023 | 7/24/2023 | WFC | Short Put | August 25, 2023 40 Put | $0.76 | $0.12 | $0.64 | 1.60% |
| 6/21/2023 | 8/18/2023 | PFE | Short Put | August 18, 2023 37.5 Put | $0.64 | Assigned at $37.5 | ($0.24) | -0.64% |
| 6/21/2023 | 8/18/2023 | GDX | Covered Call | August 18, 2023 33 Call | $0.52 | $0.00 | $0.52 | 1.60% |
| 6/21/2023 | 8/18/2023 | KO | Covered Call | August 18, 2023 62.5 Call | $0.85 | $0.00 | $0.85 | 1.40% |
| 6/30/2023 | 8/18/2023 | BITO | Short Put | August 18, 2023 15 Put | $0.78 | Assigned at $15 | ($0.78) | -5.20% |
| 95.77% | ||||||||
| Income Trader Portfolio | ||||||||
| 7/26/2022 | 8/17/2022 | JPM | Short Put | September 16, 2022 100 Put | $1.22 | $0.16 | $1.06 | 1.10% |
| 1.10% | ||||||||
ETF Watchlist – Weekly Trade Ideas
| Ticker Symbol | IV | IV Rank | HPMR Oversold - Overbought | |
| ARK Innovation ETF | ARKK | 39.1 | -1.2 | 38.1 |
| ProShares Bitcoin ETF | BITO | 45.7 | 7.5 | 24.1 |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | EEM | 18.4 | 17.4 | 42.8 |
| iShares MSCI EAFE | EFA | 17.1 | 18.6 | 40.7 |
| iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | EWW | 22.1 | 20.0 | 55.5 |
| iShares MSCI Brazil | EWZ | 28.0 | 1.9 | 50.1 |
| iShares China Large-Cap | FXI | 31.9 | 13.0 | 41.1 |
| VanEck Gold Miners | GDX | 28.9 | 1.5 | 46.1 |
| SPDR Gold | GLD | 12.0 | 3.9 | 54.3 |
| iShares High-Yield | HYG | 8.2 | 11.7 | 54.2 |
| SPDR Regional Bank | KRE | 33.7 | 10.1 | 27.3 |
| iShares Silver Trust | SLV | 24.4 | 5.8 | 72.7 |
| iShares 20+ Treasury Bond | TLT | 17.4 | 15.8 | 52.2 |
| United States Oil Fund | USO | 28.2 | 9.9 | 51.9 |
| ProShares Ultra VIX Short | UVXY | 96.5 | 13.4 | 43 |
| Barclays S&P 500 VIX ETN | VXX | 65.8 | 15.5 | 43.5 |
| SPDR Biotech | XLB | 17.0 | 14.8 | 29.8 |
| SPDR Energy Select | XLE | 23.4 | 5.3 | 50.3 |
| SPDR Financials | XLF | 17.7 | 8.8 | 40.8 |
| SPDR Utilities | XLU | 16.8 | 6.9 | 47.1 |
| SPDR Retail | XRT | 24.3 | 15.0 | 25.9 |
Stock Watchlist – Weekly Trade Ideas
| Ticker Symbol | IV | IV Rank | HPMR Oversold - Overbought | |
| Bank of America | BAC | 27.1 | 9.4 | 22.4 |
| Bristol-Myers | BMY | 18.5 | 15.1 | 58 |
| Citigroup | C | 27.8 | 10.3 | 15.9 |
| Costco | COST | 19.9 | 22.1 | 26.3 |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.8 | 8.6 | 68.1 |
| CVS Health | CVS | 22.3 | 9.6 | 30.6 |
| Dow Inc. | DOW | 22.0 | 5.5 | 47.9 |
| Duke Energy | DUK | 20.3 | 12.5 | 45.9 |
| Ford | F | 35.1 | 6.6 | 36.5 |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 26.4 | 15.2 | 44.5 |
| General Motors | GM | 36.4 | 19.8 | 32 |
| Intel | INTC | 35.0 | 10.7 | 45.7 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 17.4 | 23.2 | 36 |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 14.4 | 13.7 | 43.9 |
| Altria Group | MO | 17.0 | 10 | 59 |
| Merck | MRK | 20.0 | 4.2 | 59 |
| Marvell Tech. | MRVL | 41.2 | 2.8 | 27.8 |
| Morgan Stanley | MS | 24 | 6.9 | 16.2 |
| Micron | MU | 38.4 | 18.5 | 40.8 |
| Oracle | ORCL | 37.2 | 50.4 | 51.7 |
| Pfizer | PFE | 22.5 | 14.3 | 52.3 |
| PayPal | PYPL | 33 | -1 | 45.3 |
| Starbucks | SBUX | 21.8 | 4.4 | 29.2 |
| AT&T | T | 22.4 | 19.7 | 43.6 |
| Verizon | VZ | 20.6 | 18.9 | 55.2 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance | WBA | 29.5 | 17.3 | 8.4 |
| Wells Fargo | WFC | 27.5 | 7.8 | 16.6 |
| Walmart | WMT | 16.1 | 10.3 | 47.5 |
| Exxon Mobil | XOM | 23.3 | 2.6 | 51.6 |
Weekly Trade Discussion: Open Positions
Income Wheel Portfolio: Open Positions
Selling Puts: WFC September 15, 2023, 45 Puts
Original trade published on 7-24-2023 (click here to see original alert)
Current Comments: We sold the September 15, 2023, 40 puts for $0.85. At the time of the alert, WFC was trading for 46.77.
Now, with WFC trading for 41.23, the probability of success stands around 5%, and the price of the 45 puts sits at $3.75. There are 18 days left in the September 15, 2023 expiration cycle. IF WFC closes below the 45 puts at expiration, we will simply follow the guidelines of our income wheel strategy which means we will take our assigned shares and immediately sell calls against our newly issued shares.
Selling Puts: DKNG September 15, 2023, 28 Puts
Original trade published on 7-24-2023 (click here to see original alert)
Current Comments: We sold the September 15, 2023, 28 puts for $1.36. At the time of the alert, DKNG was trading for 30.59.
Now, with DKNG trading for 28.15, the probability of success stands at 50.70%, and the price of the 28 puts sits at $1.15. There are still 18 days left in the September 15, 2023 expiration cycle. I plan on holding our September 15 puts with the hope of collecting some nice premium over the next few weeks.
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at andy@cabotwealth.com.
The next Cabot Options Institute – Income Trader issue will be
published on September 5, 2023.