Put Selling And Buying To Close Naked Puts Early

 McDonalds Stock (MCD)
Mar 292013
 
Put Selling And Buying To Close Naked Puts Early

McDonalds Stock has been an outstanding performer for 4 years now and since January that has not changed. While not bringing in quite as big a profit as YUM Stock has done since January, McDonalds Stock nonetheless had padded my US Stock portfolio with an additional $6110.00 in income for a nice 9.4% return since January 2 2013. Part of this success though has been because I have been buying back naked puts early and redeploying the capital back into more naked puts within McDonalds Stock. McDonalds Stock Chart Daily Since Jan 2 / Read More

McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) 2013 Trades

 McDonalds Stock (MCD)
Mar 292013
 
McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) 2013 Trades

McDonalds Stock has been a member of my Put Selling portfolio since 2009. McDonalds Corporation is a global fast food franchise with a market cap of 88.6 billion dollars. It’s stock symbol is MCD Stock. McDonalds Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange and is a member of the DOW 30 stocks. McDonalds Stock has provided annual dividend increases for investors since January 1987 when dividends were first introduced. In 1987 the annual dividend was $0.055. Today the McDonalds Stock annual dividend is $3.08 for an increase of 5600%. McDonalds Stock is / Read More

McDonalds Stock Decline Offers Put Selling Chance For Income

 McDonalds Stock (MCD), Put Selling
Feb 132013
 
McDonalds Stock Decline Offers Put Selling Chance For Income

McDonalds Stock has been a stellar performer. I have nothing but praise for McDonalds stock and the income it has generated for my portfolio. The stock though is starting to become overvalued and I have waited patiently for it to pull back. The news today that the outlook for 2013 is for consumers to be more frugal with dining out seems at odds with dropping McDonalds Stock. The report actually said that while more consumers intend to dine out in 2013 than in 2012, they plan to be more careful at the expense / Read More

McDonalds Stock 2012 Trades (MCD Stock)

 McDonalds Stock (MCD)
Jan 012013
 
McDonalds Stock 2012 Trades (MCD Stock)

McDonalds Stock has been a member of my Put Selling portfolio since 2009. McDonalds Corporation is a global fast food franchise with a market cap of 88.6 billion dollars.  It’s stock symbol is MCD Stock. McDonalds Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange and is a member of the DOW 30 stocks. McDonalds Stock has provided annual dividend increases for investors since January 1987 when dividends were first introduced. In 1987 the annual dividend was $0.055. Today the McDonalds Stock annual dividend is $3.08 for an increase of 5600%. McDonalds Stock is / Read More

McDonalds Stock Trade Alert – Put Selling Strategy Explained

 McDonalds Stock (MCD), Put Selling
Oct 192012
 
McDonalds Stock Trade Alert - Put Selling Strategy Explained

McDonalds Stock took it on the chin today and joined in the sell-off on the stock markets. (McDonalds Stock symbol is MCD Stock) At one point McDonalds stock was down almost 4.5% helping to drag down the DOW index. McDonalds Stock has been in my portfolio for years but just like its competitors, earnings are being hampered by a global slowdown and by currency exchange which hurts profits. Third quarter earnings were $1.43 a share missing average estimates of $1.47. It is also below last year’s same quarter when earnings were $1.45 a / Read More

McDonalds Stock – Trade Alert – Put Selling Dec $87.50 Put for $1.59

 McDonalds Stock (MCD)
Sep 282012
 
McDonalds Stock - Trade Alert - Put Selling Dec $87.50 Put for $1.59

Mcdonalds Stock (symbol MCD) remains a favorite of mine. I was doing Put Selling this morning and sold the 22Dec12 $87.50 put strike for $1.59

McDonalds Stock In The Money Naked Puts Revisited

 McDonalds Stock (MCD)
Sep 182012
 
McDonalds Stock In The Money Naked Puts Revisited

McDonalds Stock has been a favorite of mine since 1993. I eventually owned 1000 shares at $13. The dividend when I owned shares was .025 cents. Today that dividend is .70 cents or an increase of 2700%. Now that’s dividend growth! I still have 1000 shares from back in the early 1990s. There have been 2 stocks splits since then and the capital gain is 666% but I have no intention of ever selling. I use my McDonalds Stock to sell covered calls against. This giant restaurant company continually strives to reinvent fast / Read More

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Naked Puts On McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) Fall In The Money Part 3

 McDonalds Stock (MCD), Put Selling
May 162012
 
Naked Puts On McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) Fall In The Money Part 3

Naked puts is a strategy that a lot of investors enjoy until the stock they are selling pulls back and leaves them with in the money puts that cost a lot more to buy to close than was taken in at the time of selling the naked puts. Once an investor has a few such instances he begins to doubt the use of selling naked puts as a strategy for profit and income. Soon he is telling everyone what a huge mistake options are and how risky they can be. I believe this / Read More

Naked Puts On McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) Fall In The Money Part 2

 McDonalds Stock (MCD), Profit And Income Strategies, Put Selling
May 152012
 
Naked Puts On McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) Fall In The Money Part 2

In this second part of my article about Naked Puts on McDonalds Stock I will look at a number of naked puts strategies that an investor could use to avoid being assigned shares. It is important to realize from the outset that buying to close the naked puts while it will incur losses, is the simplest and easiest way to end this trade and stop any further losses from occurring. While this would not be my choice for this naked puts trade, it is still a very practical strategy. The loss taken on / Read More

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Naked Puts On McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) Fall In The Money

 McDonalds Stock (MCD), Put Selling
May 132012
 
Naked Puts On McDonalds Stock (MCD Stock) Fall In The Money

Selling naked puts is a strategy used by many investors in order to earn income. Other investors sell naked puts to get into a stock at a discount. Still other investor sell naked puts to be paid a premium and earn capital which they will eventually use to buy the underlying stock. Recently a forum member sold naked puts on McDonalds Stock. McDonalds Stock Symbol is MCD. Presently he is hold the MCD stock put option May $95 strike which he sold for $2.07. I am not sure when the put options were / Read More

MCD STOCK – McDonalds Stock Returns To My Portfolio

 McDonalds Stock (MCD), Ultimate Oscillator
Oct 182011
 
MCD STOCK - McDonalds Stock Returns To My Portfolio

MCD Stock (McDonalds Stock) has returned to my portfolio on Sept 23. I received a lot of emails when I posted my Sept 23 trade in MCD Stock but didn’t do a write up about why I went back to writing puts on MCD stock after 4 months. I finally got around to writing my analysis of  McDonalds stock to explain my decision to sell puts again. Regular readers know that I look at stocks as under-valued and over-valued and when stocks become over-valued and put premiums are small, I close my position / Read More

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