Patent ID: 7716116

Claim:
In a computer implemented medium, a stock portfolio analysis system, comprising: a display; a computer; a software calculator in a computer terminal operatively coupled to the computer and the display, wherein the software calculator is configured to receive and review information from a user stock portfolio for each of a plurality of stocks within the stock portfolio of an investor, receive and review information from a stock market for each of the stocks from the plurality of stocks within the stock portfolio of the investor, and receive and review information for options associated with each of the stocks from the plurality of stocks within the stock portfolio of the investor, wherein said review includes calculation of a brown variation and of an annualized return rate for each of the stocks for the plurality of stocks within the stock portfolio of the investor, wherein the software calculator comprises a primary filter and a secondary filter, wherein the primary filter is based at least a value taken from a group consisting of a strike date, an out of money indicator, a premium, a return if assigned, and a return percentage if assigned to reject options associated with each of the stocks within the stock portfolio, and the secondary filter is based on at least a second value taken from a group consisting of a closest possible strike month, a farthest out expiration month, a lowest possible strike price, and a highest possible strike price to reject options associated with each of the stocks within the stock portfolio, wherein the software calculator is further configured to determine and select an optimal covered call trade for each of the plurality of stocks within the stock portfolio of the investor, based on a high value of annualized return from the list of available covered call trades from the stocks having passed the preliminary filter and the secondary filter, and wherein the software calculator is further configured to determine a key rating associated with the optimal covered call trade, and a device within the memory of the computer terminal and operatively coupled to the computer and the display for generating a trade report on the display comprising at least a data table having a plurality of entries corresponding to the plurality of stocks within the stock portfolio of the investor, wherein each entry further comprises the single optimal covered call trade selected from a list of available covered call trades for the stock on a stock market, and the key rating.