Pamela S. Hollis

2015Annual

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  • 126

    investments

  • 0

    positions

  • 0

    gifts

  • 0

    agreements

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    debts

  • 0

    reimbursements

  • 0

    income

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    spouse income

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.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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