November 28, 2012 Trade

Opened:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 -3    WFC 20JUL13 25.0 P         0.57     1.14     (169.86)

November 27, 2012 Trade

Opened:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 -3    KSS 20JUL13 40.0 P         1.05     3.70     (311.30)

November 26, 2012 Trade

Opened:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 -2    TGT 20JUL13 50.0 P         0.82     0.76     (163.24)

November 23, 2012 Trade

Opened:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 -2    FDX 20JUL13 65.0 P         1.15     0.76     (229.24)

November 19, 2012 Trades

Opened:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 -4    BMY 19JAN13 33.0 C         0.35     3.04     (136.96)

 -2    RIG 22DEC13 47.0 C         1.00     0.78     (199.22)

November 16, 2012 Options Expirations and Update

Closed:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 -4 BMY 17NOV12 35.0 C            0.00     0.00        0.00
     Basis 10/19/2012:                               (64.96)
     Profit/(Loss):                                   64.96


 -2 RIG 17NOV12 50.0 C            0.00     0.00        0.00
     Basis 10/19/2012:                              (231.24)
     Profit/(Loss):                                  231.24


 -2 COP1 17NOV12 60.0 P           0.00     0.00        0.00
     Basis 03/22/2012:                              (294.55)
     Profit/(Loss):                                  294.55


     Value 08/31/2012:                               (43.43)

     Post-August Profit/(Loss):                       43.43


 -2 HES 17NOV12 40.0 P           0.00     0.00        0.00
     Basis 03/22/2012:                              (347.08)
     Profit/(Loss):                                  347.08


     Value 08/31/2012:                              (145.47)

     Post-August Profit/(Loss):                      145.47


 -2 MDT 17NOV12 29.0 P           0.00     0.00        0.00
     Basis 03/23/2012:                              (225.10)
     Profit/(Loss):                                  225.10


     Value 08/31/2012:                               (44.41)

     Post-August Profit/(Loss):                       44.41

Also since the last update, $112.40 in dividends was paid on November 15 for 200 shares of PG, and $8.98 interest accrued and $3.98 was paid.

November 9, 2012 Trades

Closed:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 400 STX SEAGATE TECH PLC        29.61     0.24   11,623.76
     Basis 10/19/2012:                            11,160.00 
     Profit/(Loss):                                  463.76

 -4 STX 17NOV12 27.0 C            2.61     0.00   (1,044.00)
     Basis 10/22/2012:                              (796.95)
     Profit/(Loss):                                 (247.05)

Opened:

 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net
 -5 STX 19JAN13 24.0 P            0.38     3.80     (186.20)

The STX call options were exercised against me prior to their expiration date in order to capture a dividend with ex-dividend date of October 9.

November 7, 2012 Trade and Update

Opened:
 Pos    Symbol                   Price     Comm       Net

 -5    CE 22JUN13 25.0 P          0.65    (0.20)     (325.20)

On November 2, $2,500.00 was withdrawn from the account.

On November 1, $136.00 was paid on 400 shares of BMY; on November 5, a dividend of $112.50 became payable December 1 on 500 shares of INTC; on November 7, $82.51 became payable December 12 on 300 shares of WAG; and since the last update $3.98 in accrued interest was paid and an additional $4.92 interest was accrued.

October 31, 2012 Update

    Cash:                             $(10,702.86)
    Accrued Dividends:                     454.40
    Interest Accruals:                      (2.50)
    Stocks:                            132,831.48
    Options:                            (7,868.46)

  Account Value:                      $114,712.06

  Equity:                             $122,450.40
  Margin Requirement:                   69,555.99
  Available Funds:                      52,894.41

  Regulation T Margin Requirement:     101,076.94
  Special Memorandum Acct:              38,138.34

Interest of $2.50 accrued on margin loan since the last update.

The account value of $114,712.06 compares with the value a month earlier of  $115,859.78, a return of -0.99%. However, this does not take into account $2,500.00 withdrawn from the account during the month. Adding this in to the final value gives a return for the month of 1.17%.

This compares with the change in the S&P 500 Index from 1,440.67 to 1,412.16. Adding an estimate of a quarter percent dividend payment (one twelfth of 3%), this gives a return of -1.73% for the S&P 500, so my portfolio outperformed the market in the month of October.