Learn the wheel with historical sample trades.

Wheelable teaches the options income wheel in plain English: cash-secured puts, covered calls after shares are owned, premiums collected, hard rolls, and full-cycle return math. We publish historical sample trade case studies so you can study how a cycle can unfold — including the difficult parts. No live quotes. No current recommendations.

AAPL sample ledger → LEN / tracker sample Older sample cycles Free guide Full-cycle calculator

Featured sample: AAPL · Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

AAPL 1/19/2021 → 1/14/2022 · 360 days · historical sample trade ledger
$7,542.76 realized net as recorded · 15.30% annual non-compounding ROC

Options $3,217.56 · stock $4,064.06 · dividends $261.14. Includes closing puts at large debits, building a 300-share position and rolling covered calls before shares were sold at $144 / $145. Historical sample trade ledger. Prices and dates as recorded; illustrative, not independently audited. Shown for education, not as verified personal performance or a current recommendation.

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Sample tracker case study (2021)

LEN partial sample · put → assignment
3.15% put profit on $400,000 basis over 70 days · ~16.43% simple annualized (premium only)

Teaches expiry vs early close vs roll vs assignment, and why missing called-date / broken rows mean you stop the cycle math. Historical sample tracker — not verified personal performance.

Older sample trade case studies (2017–2019)

Six shorter historical sample cycles. Useful for comparing days held, capital at risk and how premium income can look across different tickers. Same disclosure: illustrative, not independently audited.

ALK 12/20/2017 → 11/16/2018 · 331 days · sample
1.94% annualized on capital at risk (as recorded)
Net $1.23/sh on $69.85 at risk · 5 option sales
HPE 7/13/2018 → 11/16/2018 · 126 days · sample
12.93% annualized on capital at risk (as recorded)
Net $0.64/sh on $14.34 at risk · 1 option sales
SBUX 12/8/2017 → 12/21/2018 · 378 days · sample
1.57% annualized on capital at risk (as recorded)
Net $0.91/sh on $55.95 at risk · 7 option sales
WBA 10/9/2018 → 1/18/2019 · 101 days · sample
13.38% annualized on capital at risk (as recorded)
Net $2.50/sh on $67.50 at risk · 1 option sales
IP 10/26/2018 → 1/18/2019 · 84 days · sample
1.89% annualized on capital at risk (as recorded)
Net $0.18/sh on $41.32 at risk · 2 option sales
XLV 1/26/2018 → 2/15/2019 · 385 days · sample
0.11% annualized on capital at risk (as recorded)
Net $0.10/sh on $88.88 at risk · ? option sales

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Future sample trade updates may be published weekly, biweekly, or monthly as new educational material is ready. There is no fixed schedule. Newer examples will be closer to current market conditions; older ones stay on the site as case studies.

Start with the free guide, then walk the AAPL ledger and the calculator side by side.

Disclosure. Past results do not guarantee future results. Sample trades on Wheelable are historical and educational. They are not investment advice, not current recommendations, and not verified personal performance. Historical prices and dates are shown as recorded; illustrative, not independently audited. Options involve risk and aren't suitable for every investor. See the OCC options disclosure document.