LABU Dividend Type Payments
Although LABU has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X Shares to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Tue 4:16 PM ET):
| Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X Shares (LABU) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 49.80 |
50.14 |
50.08 |
+3.98 |
1.7M |
- |
0.2B |
LABU Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With LABU at 50.08, 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% |
1.50 |
0.4 |
| 5% |
2.50 |
0.7 |
| 10% |
5.01 |
1.4 |
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:
| 3% Yield On LABU Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| May 2 |
50.00 |
3.80 |
11 |
33.3 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| May 9 |
50.00 |
4.90 |
18 |
26.4 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| 5% Yield On LABU Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| May 2 |
50.00 |
3.80 |
11 |
33.3 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| May 9 |
50.00 |
4.90 |
18 |
26.4 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| 10% Yield On LABU Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| May 2 |
50.00 |
3.80 |
11 |
33.3 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| May 9 |
50.00 |
4.90 |
18 |
26.4 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
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