MERCK AND COMPANY INCORPORATED  (MRK) - 2011 ONGOING EVALUATION & TRADE With a dividend yield of over 4% (as of Jan 3 2011) this company, based on its earnings, book value and future potential is undervalued. However earnings have not met any expectations and the P/E ratio of 120.9x plus earnings of just .27 cents to date are signs that Merck will need a few years to return to large profits. However this should also assist in selling naked puts as volatility keeps premiums up and the stock is stuck in a range. Both of these are ideal for selling naked puts. I plan to be in and out of Merck and AT&T, back and forth, throughout the year using the same amount of capital, approximately 70,000. At times I may split the capital between both companies. The ultimate goal is 12% gain against the total capital, so it does not matter which stock performs better. GOAL: 12% return on the total capital OBJECTIVE: Selling naked puts and splitting the trade at various times throughout the year between Merck and AT&T. Should I be assigned shares I will sell covered calls. I am not concerned about owning shares in either Merck or AT&T. MERCK TRADES BY YEARS VIEW MERCK 2011 TRADES
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YEAR - 1:  2011 TRADE COMMENCED Jan 4 2009 GOAL FOR 2011: 12% ONGOING STRATEGY - SELLING NAKED PUTS UNTIL ASSIGNED * ACTIVE TRADES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW

Jan 4 2011	35.88	STO 20 Naked Puts Jan 35 @ .28	0.8	0.00		32.00			528.00	528.00
JAN 4 2010: I am starting a new position today in MERCK. I really like this stock. I plan to commit 70,000 into Merck. I like Merck as it is a strong company that has been ignored for most of the past year. My charts below show that it has not recovered to the 2008 highs. The stock is stuck in a trading range. I plan to sell naked puts in large quantities throughout the year at various times whenever the stock reaches the lower bollinger. I am not planning on going very far out. My first naked put foray, is for Jan expiration which is less than 3 weeks away. I am not planning to constantly have naked puts in Merck but will work with the bollinger on this stock for short term trades. Let's look at the past for MRK. The first chart is 3 years showing no real recovery. The second is the past year showing the sideways movement in the stock for most of the year. The third shows my trade today at the lower bollinger.
Jan 6 2011	37.10	BTC Naked Puts Jan 35 @ .07 COMMENTS: 2 Days later and it is worth closing and moving this amount over to AT&T which has a nice pullback today.	(0.20)			32.00			(172.00)	356.00
Jan 19 2011	33.74	STO 21 Naked Puts Feb $32 @ .34	1.0%			33.25			680.75	1036.75
JAN 19 2011: The chart below shows the status. A nice move lower and I am back selling naked puts. The volume is now up to 21 contracts as I have earmarked 70,000 for this trade which works out to 21 contracts at the $32 strike. Merck opened higher than yesterday and could be entering a sideways movement as it bounces along the lower Bollinger. I will close this trade early on an upswing that removes the premium from my $32 put. I do not intend to stay the entire month in Merck. I am hoping AT&T will pullback again allowing me to move from Merck back to AT&T. I like both stocks but I want to use the $70,000 to trade each on weakness. Right now AT&T is back up, so I moved into Merck. I feel pretty comfortable at $32.00 and so for 1% gain I sold Feb $32 strike.
Jan 28 11	33.00	STO 10 Naked Puts Mar $32 @ .74	2.3%			19.50			720.50	1757.25
JAN 28 2011: MRK remains under strong pressure, but the oscillator shows over sold condition and the Volume shows a lack of sellers at this level. This means the so called smart money or institutional holders are not bailing out. Yet the March 32 naked puts are up over 2%. I had to take advantage and I jumped in and sold another 10 naked put contracts. This is why it is so nice to always have some cash available for my trades. I can back up this trade without margin, through my own cash. I believe the Feb 32 naked puts will expire as well.
Feb 18 11	32.85	Expiry: 21 Naked Puts Feb 32 expired
March 16 2011: Merck dropped big today, but at this level below $32.00 I feel it is very undervalued. I sold another 12 naked puts at the April 32 strike. Expiry is in two days for March naked puts. I will be buying to closed my 10 March 32 naked puts and rolling them into April as well.
Mar 16 11	31.20	STO 12 Naked Puts Apr 32 @ 1.48 expird	4.6%			22.00			1754.00	3511.25
March 18 2011: A very nice recovery over the past two days.  Today I bought back my puts and sold out to April 32. There is good support at $32 for Merck but if the next set of earnings do not improve, there is a good possibility that Merck could fall to the $30.00 level. This trade I am splitting up between AT&T and Merck, flipping back and forth with the same capital.  Right now though, Merck is the place to be for my naked put trades.
Mar 18 11	31.88	BTC 10 Naked Puts Mar 32 @ .20	(0.625%)			19.50			(219.50)	3291.75
Mar 18 11	31.88	STO 10 Naked Puts Apr 32 @ .74 expired	2.3%			19.50			720.50	4012.25
Apr 15 2011: A very nice recovery over the past month.  I have done incredibly well on Merck. At this level though, Merck is too high to consider selling naked puts against. It's the 32 level that was the great spot to sell at. I need the stock to fall back to the lower Bollinger before considering naked puts. Time to look elsewhere for a trade and wait for Merck to come back down.
Apr 15 11	34.51	Expiry: 22 Naked Puts expired								4012.25
Sep 6 11	32.28	Sold 5 Puts Oct $29 @ .50	1.6%			13.25		14513.25	236.75	4249.00
Oct 21 11	33.35	Expiry: 5 Naked Puts Oct $29 expired
Nov 9 11	33.65	Sold 10 Naked Puts 17DEC11 $30 @ .35	1.1%			19.50		30019.50	330.50	4579.50
Dec 16 11	36.25	Expiry: 10 Naked Puts 17DEC11 $30 expired

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