FDD Dividend Type Payments

Although FDD has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Fri 4:16 PM ET):

First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund (FDD)
Bid Ask Last Change Volume P/E Market Cap
16.39 24.61 16.45 +0.06 164K - 0.0B

FDD Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls

With FDD at 16.45, 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% 0.49 0.1
5% 0.82 0.2
10% 1.65 0.5

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 Sep 19 Expiration     Top 5 High Yield
1.NVDA dividend 6.SLV dividend   1.ATYR dividend
2.PCG dividend 7.FXI dividend   2.IREN dividend
3.IWM dividend 8.QQQ dividend   3.KSS dividend
4.EEM dividend 9.IBIT dividend   4.VKTX dividend
5.SPY dividend 10.KWEB dividend   5.BBAI dividend

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