SDD Dividend Type Payments
Although SDD has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600 to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Thu 4:16 PM ET):
| ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600 (SDD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 7.33 | 20.12 | 14.65 | -0.17 | 0K | - | 0.0B |
SDD Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With SDD at 14.65, 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% | 0.44 | 0.1 |
| 5% | 0.73 | 0.2 |
| 10% | 1.47 | 0.4 |
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 Jul 18 Expiration | Top 5 High Yield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NVDA dividend | 6. | GLD dividend | 1. | QUBT dividend | |
| 2. | SLV dividend | 7. | AAPL dividend | 2. | COGT dividend | |
| 3. | SPY dividend | 8. | TLT dividend | 3. | IONQ dividend | |
| 4. | IWM dividend | 9. | IBIT dividend | 4. | TMC dividend | |
| 5. | TSLA dividend | 10. | QQQ dividend | 5. | SMMT dividend | |
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