Pamela S. Hollis
2015Annual
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As filed
Custodian Trust #1 — Int/Div
JP Morgan Municipal Money Market — Int/Div
MCD McDonalds Corporation — Int/Div
IRA#) — Int/Div
JP Morgan Municipal Money Market — Int/Div
AAPL Apple Corp — Int/Div — Sold (part)
AAPL Apple Corp — Sold (part)
AAPL Apple Corp — Sold (part)
AAPL Apple Corp — Sold (part)
AMZN Jun 12 $420 Put — None — Buy
AMZN Jun 12 $420 Put — Sold
AMZN Jun 12 $430 Put — None — Sold
AMZN Jun 12 $430 Put — Buy
CTL Century Telephone Corp — Int/Div — Sold (part)
CTL Century Telephone Corp — Buy (add'l)
CTL Century Telephone Corp — Buy (add'l)
CTL Century Telephone Corp — Sold (part)
CTL Century Telephone Corp — Buy (add'l)
CTL Century Telephone Corp — Buy (add'l)
CTL Century Telephone Corp — Buy (add'l)
Brokerage #1 (Individual assets listed below) — Int/Div
JP Morgan Money Market — Int/Div
ETCF Etrade — None — Sold
AAPL — Int — Buy
AAPL — Buy (add'l)
AAPL — Sold (part)
AAPL — Buy (add'l)
AAPL — Sold (part)
AAPL — Buy
AAPL — Sold (part)
AMZN May 15 $422.50 Put — Buy
AMZN May 15 $422.50 Put — Sold
AMZN May 15 $422.50 Put — Int/Div — Buy
AMZN May 15 $422.50 Put — Buy (add'l)
AMZN May 15 $422.50 Put — Sold
Chul 1715 $140 Put — None — Sold
Chul 1715 $140 Put — Expired
Chul 17158145 Put — None — Buy
S10. — Expired
Chul 1715 $150 Put — None — Buy
Chul 1715 $150 Put — Sold
Cloul 17158155 Put — None — Sold
Cloul 17158155 Put — Buy
FEYE Jul 02°15 $48 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jul 02°15 $48 Put — Sold
FEYE Jul 02°15 S50 Put — None — Sold
FEYE Jul 02°15 S50 Put — Buy
FEYE Jul 10015 $45 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jul 10015 $45 Put — Expired
FEYE Jul 10°15 $47 Put — None — Sold
FEYE Jul 10°15 $47 Put — Expired
FEYE Jul 10°15 $49 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jul 10°15 $49 Put — Sold
FEYE Jul 10°15 $51 Put — None — Sold
FEYE Jul 10°15 $51 Put — Buy
FEYE Jun 12' 15 S48 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 12' 15 S48 Put — Sold
FEYE Jun 12°15 $49.50 Put w — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 12°15 $49.50 Put w — Expired
FEYE Jun 12°15 $50 Put w — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 12°15 $50 Put w — Expired
FEYE Jun 1215851 Put — None — Sold
FEYE Jun 1215851 Put — Buy
FEYE Jun 19°15 S48 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 19°15 S48 Put — Expired
FEYE Jun 19°15 $49 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 19°15 $49 Put — Expired
FEYE Jun 19°15 $50 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 19°15 $50 Put — Expired
FEYE Jun 19°15 S51 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 19°15 S51 Put — Expired
FEYE Jun 26°15 S49 Put — None — Buy
FEYE Jun 26°15 S49 Put — Sold
FEYE Jun 26°15 S50 Put — None — Sold
FEYE Jun 26°15 S50 Put — Buy
FB Aug 07 ‘15 $93.50 Call — None — Sold
FB Aug 07 ‘15 $93.50 Call — Buy
FB Aug 0715 $95 Call — None — Buy
FB Aug 0715 $95 Call — Sold
FB Aug 21 ‘15 $85 Put — None — Buy
FB Aug 21 ‘15 $85 Put — Sold
FB Aug 21 "15 $87.50 Put — None — Sold
FB Aug 21 "15 $87.50 Put — Buy
FIT Common Stock — None — Buy
FIT Common Stock — Sold
HUM Jul 10°15 Put — None — Buy
HUM Jul 10°15 Put — Sold
HUM Jul 10°15 $187.50 — None — Sold
HUM Jul 10°15 $187.50 — Buy
HUM Jun 26 '15 $195 Put — None — Buy
HUM Jun 26 '15 $195 Put — Sold
HUM Jun 26 '15 $197.50 — None — Sold
HUM Jun 26 '15 $197.50 — Buy
IBB Biotech Index — None — Buy
IBB Biotech Index — Sold
JCOM Common Stock — None — Buy
JCOM Common Stock — Sold
NFLX Put Options April-Sept’ 15 S81 $667.50 Puts-Stock split — None — Buy
NFLX Put Options April-Sept’ 15 S81 $667.50 Puts-Stock split — Sold
NFLX Call Options June '15-Jan '16-892 86- $702.50-Stock Split — None — Buy
NFLX Call Options June '15-Jan '16-892 86- $702.50-Stock Split — Sold
PANW Puts Jun '15-Aug '15 -S160-S180 — None — Buy
PANW Puts Jun '15-Aug '15 -S160-S180 — Sold
QOQOQ Index — None — Buy
QOQOQ Index — Sold
SPX Index Puts May’ 5-Nov'l5- $1815. $2180 — None — Buy
SPX Index Puts May’ 5-Nov'l5- $1815. $2180 — Sold
SPX Index Calls Jun 'I5-Nov '15 $2015. £2170 — None — Buy
SPX Index Calls Jun 'I5-Nov '15 $2015. £2170 — Sold
SPY Index Sep 25°15 S188 Put — None — Buy
SPY Index Sep 25°15 S188 Put — Sold
TWTR Common Stock — None — Buy
TWTR Common Stock — Sold
UA May 22 '15 $80 Put — None — Buy
UA May 22 '15 $80 Put — Sold
UDN Common Stock — None — Buy
UDN Common Stock — Sold
VRTX Jul 10158125 Put — None — Buy
VRTX Jul 10158125 Put — Sold
Brokerage #2 — Int/Div
JP Morgan Money Market — Interest
ETCF Etrade
USAA Flexible Premium Adjustable Life Insurance Policy — Interest
Bank of America — None
IRA #2 — Int/Div
Biofuels Power Corp
Investment accounts only record the option transactions in companies where | did not own the underlying stock contimuously. Calls on stock owned (AAPL) were
sold in IRA account to hedge prices of common stock and do not add any information regarding ownership that is not already reflected in common stock. IRA
Option premiums were small monthly transactions to insure maintenance of the underlying common stock price.
Brokerage Account | on Line 39: This account reports many advanced option trades commonly known as "Iron Condors”™. Since this mvolves simultaneously
buying and selling options, the usual buy and sell transactions are often reversed. For example, an option position is opened by selling (taking a short position)
and is closed out by buying the option buck. Examples of this are contained on lines 47-53; 56-86; 89-95 and 99-105. These trades attempt to generate extra
income in a low interest environment. To limit risk, an Iron Condor uses four option trades in one transaction. The trades do not need the underlying stock
or index fund to go up or down to profit; instead if the stock does not move much, the options expire, and the premium from the options sold is added to the
brokerage account. Most of the trades followed this pattern: 1 would sell 10 puts on a stock or index fund and buy 10 puts at a higher strike price. Option
premium is collected for the sale of the puts and money is paid to buy the higher strike puts-which cost less to buy than the puts sold. This leg of the transaction
causes the account to be credited with the difference between the premium received from selling puts and the cost to buy the higher strike puts. The higher strike
puts are purchased (usually 5 above the puts sold) to limit risk in case there is a drastic market movement. If the underlying stock goes much higher than the strike
price of the puts I sold (this obligates me to sell the stock at the strike price of the short puts) 1am protected by buying puts five points higher. This is known as
a spread transaction. The effect of this is if I sell 10 puts and buy 10 puts 5 strike points higher, 1 can lose no more than $5000 in the trade. The goal is for the
stock not to go above the short put price so that the options expire worthless and | keep the premium or close out the transaction for a total cost less than the option
premium credited to my account. This transaction is repeated with calls expiring the same time as the puts. At expiration of these options, the underlying stock
price will either be between the strike price of the put and call trades or will be in the money (moved much higher or lower) on either the put or call side of the
transaction, Maximum profit occurs if the stock does not move much and its price is between the strike prices of both the put and call legs of the Iron Condor.
Even if the stock moved drasticully in one direction, risk is limited since I bought options five points from where | have to perform (spread which limits risk). If
the stock moves in the money on either the put or call side, | still keep the premium credited to my account from both the call and put trades. Since the maximum
risk due to stock movement is $5000, the maximum loss on each of these trades never exceeds $5000, minus the premium credited to my account for selling
the calls and puts, | was never risking more than $5000, and none of these trades required margin of more than that amount. Overall the market moved wildly
and while I was able to keep some option premium, more often than not I closed the trades early to avoid the maximum $5000 loss. On an aggregate basis (all
the option trades) this strutegy produced & loss of over $15,000 but under $50,000 for the year of 2015. By the end of the year, all these Condor trades either
expired or were closed out. Because the trades were numerous involving the S&P Index( lines 120-123), and NFLX(lines 112-115), separating every component
of the Iron Condor into columns would be highly confusing und hard to follow. So, | reported the high volume of trades by grouping the dates | started the option
positions and the date they were all closed out, Only NFLX trades produced a gain, and it was minimal, less than $4000. Spreadsheets reflecting hundreds of puts
and calls can be provided but would not provide any more meaningful information than was reported here.
Finally, in running an audit report, the software suggested | still hold option positions that were closed out by buying options back. The reporting software is not
designed to audit positions that are opened with a sell and closed with a buy. This is why | felt it necessary to explain the nature of these transactions. Given the
inability to easily fit these trades into the reporting software, | will probably cease most of this trading strategy in 2016, It is fairly easy to report the trades on my
tax return since the tax preparation software automatically imports the option trades from my brokerage account.
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