2022 Option Expiration Calendars

Market Watch (includes all years out to at least the year 4000!) No VIX data. Easy to get to other years Calendar The CBOE and the Options Clearing Corporation both publish nice options expiration calendars. Calendars from both sources show the VIX expiration date, which is when monthly VIX options and futures expire.   The last trading for these securities is the previous trading day …

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VIX quotes, VIX option quotes

You can get delayed VIX quotes on Yahoo with the symbol ^VIX You can also get VIX option quotes here.  Go to here for the correct expiration dates (always last trading on a Tuesday, expiration on a Wednesday morning) You can get free delayed quotes for VIX options on LIVEVOL that also provides correctly computed greeks for these options–something none of the big brokers gets right. …

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Next 2024 SPY, VOO, IVV Ex-Dividend Dates and Estimated Dividends

SPY’s first-quarter dividend will be a $1.595 per share. The Q1 ex-dividend date is Friday, March15th, 2024.  SPY’s next distribution payout will be on April 30th, 2024—yes the SPDR folks take their time delivering the dividend. I’m estimating that iShares’ IVV, one of the other two big S&P 500 ETFs, will have a Q1 dividend of $1.56 per share. I’m estimating Vanguard’s VOO ex-dividend in …

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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.  

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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 …

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