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Your head velociraptor retired early from the corporate grind at age 40 on 5OCT2012 to trade equities full time. He loves his new life and wants to help as many people as possible break the shackles of corporate wage-slavery. Financial Velociraptor is intended as entertainment and education.

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Friday Trades And June Summary
Trading performance has been very good year to date. I had thought I needed to tighten my belt but I made it by just fine.
Capitulate MMM
I had to book another big loss for the month of June.
Bull Call Spread 3M (MMM) With Yield Up To 187%
The 3M company is a Dividend Aristocrat and big slow moving large cap. Year to date the stock chart shows a strong uptrend.
Monday Trades With Yields Up To 597%
Housing inventory is at a historical low and homebuilders across the board are in a strong uptrend, KBH included.
Portfolio Update: Closed COST At 889%
I closed a bull call spread in Costco (COST) early.
Bear Spread With SYY And Yield Up To 145%
I bought a net debit spread in Sysco (SYY).
Monday Trades With Yields Up To 142%
Multiple trades this week.
Portfolio Update: Annaly Capital Management Buy/Write With Yield Up To 12.59%
The ideal situation is NLY lingers in the high 8 dollar range for years and I earn the options yield plus collect the underlying distribution. That would be good for about 20% annualized return. 
Retrenching
I’ll be re-aligning the main trading portfolio over the next month or so. Here's what that looks like.
Bear Put Spread Realty Income (O) With Yield Up To 58%
Realty Income is a Dividend Aristocrat that pays monthly. It is a REIT that is known for growing its distribution often more than once a year. 
Book Loss FRT
FRT rallied past its resistance point.
Book Loss Walmart (WMT) Bull Call Spread
This one hurts more than most because I had a win in the bag that I couldn’t book due to an unlikely weather scenario.
Weekly Trades With Yields Up To 305%
First the buy-write. I entered a new core position with Kimberly-Clark. The consumer staples company (mostly consumable paper and paper-products) is a Dividend Aristocrat. 
Capitulate LNG Spread
Bull Call Spread in LNG turned against me.
Bear Put Spread In Nucor (NUE) With Yield Up To 174%
Nucor is a steel producer that is focused on recycling old steel  It is a dividend aristocrat with 46 consecutive years of dividend increases.
Bear Put Spread VF Corporation With Yield Up To 234%
VF Corporation is a dividend aristocrat with 47 consecutive years of dividend increases.
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