QQQ Dividend Type Payments
Although QQQ has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 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):
| Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 518.05 |
518.07 |
518.58 |
+8.35 |
28.3M |
- |
185B |
QQQ Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With QQQ at 518.58, 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% |
15.56 |
4.3 |
| 5% |
25.93 |
7.1 |
| 10% |
51.86 |
14.2 |
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 QQQ Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 7 |
516.00 |
14.16 |
36 |
33.6 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| Jan 10 |
516.00 |
6.19 |
8 |
51.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| 5% Yield On QQQ Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 7 |
516.00 |
14.16 |
36 |
33.6 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| Jan 10 |
516.00 |
6.19 |
8 |
51.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| 10% Yield On QQQ Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 7 |
516.00 |
14.16 |
36 |
33.6 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| Jan 10 |
516.00 |
6.19 |
8 |
51.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
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