Week 45 / Using Cash-Secured Puts to Accumulate Pfizer (PFE) Shares

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Fund Value: $11,069 | Yearly: 3.32% | Options premium: $14.00

As of February 13, 2026, our covered-call stock portfolio has decreased slightly by -0.33% and closed at $11,069. 

Since I couldn’t continue with weekly NVDA spread trades — having already rolled them out to the February 27 expiry — I focused elsewhere last week and reopened our PFE position.

I consider Pfizer a core dividend holding, so I initiated a bull put credit spread and used the premium to purchase 0.5 shares, adding incrementally to our dividend portfolio.

Depending on how this trade develops, I may start selling biweekly or monthly options on PFE to systematically build the position toward 100 shares.

Why I Added Pfizer (PFE) Back to My Portfolio

I initiated the position after closing our Shell trade early. With some capital freed up for a similar-sized setup, PFE looked like a reasonable candidate: a company I already understand, with a solid dividend, and potential to rebound toward its previous $35–45 range. Not a price prediction!

Our covered call portfolio is up 3.32% YTD, slightly outperforming the S&P 500 (-0.33%) and NVDA (-3.21%) YTD.

Current options positions:

  • NVDA Feb 27, 2026 170/150 Bull Put Credit Spread
  • 2X BMY MAR 20, 2026 50/46 Bull Put Credit spread
  • PFE FEB 20, 2026 26.5/25  Cash-Secured Put
  • NVDA JUNE 18, 2026 $116 Covered Call 

One of the primary goals of our covered call stock portfolio is to gradually reduce debt while maintaining a long position of 100 shares in NVDA. Notably, we earned $14 in options premium this week. If we can consistently average that amount, it would take approximately 279 weeks to fully eliminate our margin debt of $3,919.  I’d be quite happy to eliminate this margin debt in 2026 without selling any stock - let’s see how it goes. 

Looking ahead to next week (s), I will be closely monitoring the PFE 26.5/25 and NVDA $170/150 put spreads . Should any of our positions come under pressure, the plan is to roll them forward—ideally for a credit.

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