VIX quotes, options chains, and correct greeks for VIX options

You can get free delayed VIX option quotes at freerealtime.com or Yahoo Finance using the ^VIX symbol.  Go to here for options calenders giving the correct expiration dates (always last trading on a Tuesday, expiration on a Wednesday morning) Schwab uses $VIX as the ticker symbol, Fidelity uses VIX, Yahoo uses ^VIX. VIX Settlement values (the price used to evaluate loss/gain at expiration) use symbol VRO …

Read more

2023 Ex-div & Paydates Schwab: SCHA, SCHB, SCHC, SCHD, SCHE, SCHF, SCHG, SCHH, SCHM, SCHV, SCHX, FNDF, FNDC, FNDE, SCHK, FINDB, FNDX, FDNA

2023 Schwab ETF Ex-Dividend and Pay date information Schwab has now published their ex-dividend / pay dates for all of their no-fee ETFs.  The published dates are: Quarterly Distributions:  SCHA, SCHB, SCHD, SCHG, SCHH, SCHM, SCHV, SCHX, FINDB, FNDX, FDNA 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 22-March 21-June 20-September 6-December 28-December  (potential cap gains div) Pay / Distribution Dates 27-March 26-June 25-September 11-December 3-January-2024 (potential …

Read more

Next 2026 SPY, VOO, IVV Ex-Dividend Dates and Estimated Dividends

SPY will go ex-dividend Friday, June 19th, 2026, with a second-quarter dividend I am estimating, based on historical patterns of $1.62 per share. SPY’s next distribution payout will be on July 30th, 2026—yes the SPDR folks take their time delivering the dividend. iShares’ IVV, one of the other two big S&P 500 ETFs, went ex-dividend on Dec 17th, with a dividend $2.414 per share. Vanguard’s …

Read more

Covered Calls — improving the odds of a modest profit

Mainstream investors buy assets they think will go up.  If the asset price stays the same or goes down the investor gets no profit or a loss.   Covered calls are a way for investors to show a modest profit if:
  1. The asset goes up in price
  2. The asset price stays the same
  3. The asset price drops a relatively small amount

One of the catches (and there are always at least one), is that the investor gives up some upside.  

Read more

2023 Ex-Div: JNK, SJNK, BIL, ITE, TLO, IPE, LAG, TFI, SHM, BMX, WIP, MBG, MWZ, CWB, and Others

2023 Ex-Dividend and Pay Date information from SPDR referenced in this post. 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates 1-Feb 1-Mar 3-Apr 1-May 1-Jun 3-Jul 1-Aug 1-Sep 2-Oct 1-Nov 1-Dec 18-Dec 28-Dec (Potential Excise Distribution) Pay / Distribution Dates 7-Feb 7-Mar 7-Apr 5-May 7-Jun 7-Jul 7-Aug 8-Sep 6-Oct 7-Nov 7-Dec 22-Dec 4-Jan-2024 (Potential Excise Distribution) BABS SPDR Nuveen Barclays Build America Bond ETF (BABS) BIL SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month …

Read more