Updating the quarter-million-dollar all-LEAPS naked put-writing portfolio
12/31/12 - 250,000 - (S & P 1,426) Beginning balance for the new year
01/02 - 262,500 - (S & P 1,462), low valuation of 2013 to date
01/29 - 291,770 - (S & P 1,508)
02/07 - 282,320 - (S & P 1,509)
02/19 - 292,080 - (S & P 1,531), high valuation of 2013 to date
02/22 - 287,600 - (S & P 1,516)
02/28 - 280,890 - (S & P 1,515)
03/01 - 280 960 - (S & P 1,518)
Up 12.4% - 2013 portfolio gains to date
Up 06.5% - 2013 S & P gains to date
Current holdings:
AIG 25-strikes for Jan. 2014 (40 contracts with stock at $37.85)
AGNC 25-strikes for Jan. 2014 (40 contracts with stock at $31.74)
C 23-strikes for Jan. 2014 (50 contracts with stock at $42.11)
CSCO 13-strikes for Jan. 2014 (80 contracts with stock at $20.83). .
PBR 15-strikes for Jan. 2014 (60 contracts with stock at $14.77). .
PFE 20-strikes for Jan. 2014 (100 contracts with stock at $27.39). .
HPQ 10-strikes for Jan. 2014 (100 contracts with stock at $20.15)
INTC 15-strikes for Jan. 2014 (70 contracts with stock at $21.03)
BBY 8-strikes for Jan. 2014 (100 contracts with stock at $17.16)
F 8-strikes for Jan. 2014 (150 contracts with stock at $12.61)
TEVA 30-strikes for Jan. 2014 (30 contracts with stock at $37.25)
AAPL 350-strikes for Jan. 2014 (4 contracts with stock at $430.47)
GLW 8-strikes for Jan. 2014 (150 contracts with stock at $12.52)
BIDU 65-strikes for Jan. 2014 (20 contracts with stock at $92.56)
BAC 7-strikes for Jan. 2014 (150 contracts with stock at $11.34)
JCP 8-strikes for Jan. 2014 (100 contracts with stock at $17.69)
JCP 5-strikes for Jan. 2015 (200 contracts with stock at $17.69)
Just look at how ostensibly safe these positions are. They all expire in over a year from inception and I will hold until at least the first week of January 2014 to avoid having to pay capital taxes on them in the year 2013 and to qualify for long-term capital gains when I do have to pay the taxes in 2014. Despite the incredible safety, the 2013 return should be between 35% and 40% unless the market re