QQEW Dividend Type Payments
Although QQEW has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Tue 4:16 PM ET):
| First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (QQEW) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 136.09 | 152.53 | 144.20 | +0.76 | 29K | - | 2.1B |
QQEW Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With QQEW at 144.20, here's a table showing how big the annual "dividend" (i.e. total annual call premium received) would need to be to attain 3%, 5%, and 10% annual yields. Also shown is the equivalent number of cents/day necessary to achieve each yield:
| Annual Yield | Annual Premium | Cents/Day |
|---|---|---|
| 3% | 4.33 | 1.2 |
| 5% | 7.21 | 2.0 |
| 10% | 14.42 | 4.0 |
So now we need to find out of the money covered calls that pay at least the prescribed cents/day amount of time premium. That will generate income and, because they are out of the money, leave room for some upside potential on the stock. Here are some examples:
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| Top 10 Open Interest For Nov 21 Expiration | Top 5 High Yield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | KVUE dividend | 6. | HYG dividend | 1. | CIFR dividend | |
| 2. | IBIT dividend | 7. | TLT dividend | 2. | ARCT dividend | |
| 3. | NVDA dividend | 8. | EEM dividend | 3. | INBX dividend | |
| 4. | SLV dividend | 9. | QQQ dividend | 4. | BHVN dividend | |
| 5. | GLD dividend | 10. | INTC dividend | 5. | OSCR dividend | |
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