SPY Dividend Type Payments

SPDR S&P 500 dividend

Although SPY has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on SPDR S&P 500 to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Thu 11:55 AM ET):

SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
Bid Ask Last Change Volume P/E Market Cap
606.07 606.09 606.08 -1.38 8.8M - 520B

SPY Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls

With SPY at 606.08, 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% 18.18 5.0
5% 30.30 8.3
10% 60.61 16.6

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:

3% Yield On SPY Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Dec 20 604.00 4.85 9 30.7 0.00 (0.0%)
Dec 27 604.00 5.48 16 21.2 0.00 (0.0%)
5% Yield On SPY Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Dec 20 604.00 4.85 9 30.7 0.00 (0.0%)
Dec 27 604.00 5.48 16 21.2 0.00 (0.0%)
10% Yield On SPY Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Dec 20 604.00 4.85 9 30.7 0.00 (0.0%)
Dec 27 604.00 5.48 16 21.2 0.00 (0.0%)

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