Good volatility keeps out-of-the-money call options priced higher. Slowly trying to earn my way back to the original purchase price though. I'll be selling this one way out of he money for the next few months

Its in a slump, but might be on the rebound. That's kind of what I'm looking for but have to remember to be patient and this strategy won't work every single month. Sometimes if you like a stock you gotta stick with it for a couple months to get back to the original purchase price so you can go back to making money on it.

Haven't bought it yet but I like its stability around $27-$28/share. The next dollar up strike price for the next month tends to trade a little bit higher than my 3% goal. 14 Feb 08 XLF closed at $26.41. The Mar 08 27 call is going for $1.15 for about a 4% profit and the 28 call is going for $0.75 for a little less than 3%.

I have a love hate relationship with this one. Closed trading today (14 Feb 08) at 10.80 and the Mar 08 12.50 call is going for $0.5. A little better than 4%, but I'm hesitant to sell the option because I'd lose money if I got called out. I'll wait this one out

I wish I bought it two weeks ago when I told a buddy to keep an eye one it, it was going places. It did to the tune of $10/share. Closed today (14 Feb 08) at $43.42 and the Mar 45 is selling for $2.50, or about a 6% premium. Its a tough call if I would sell the 45 thinking its not going higher or sell the 50 for $0.90 and take the lower upfront profit in hops it would go up to close to 50 in the next month. A moot point since I didn't buy it though.