The Science Behind Dividend Capture
Stop Leaving Money on the Table. We Predict Recovery Times. You Maximize Returns.
Why Dividend Hunting Exists
Dividend capture has always been a waiting game. You buy before the ex-date, you take the dividend hit, and then you wait for the stock to recover. But how long? And was it worth it?
Retail investors manually track recovery patterns, guess at timelines, and pray their capital isn't locked in a losing position for months. Professional traders use algorithms that predict recovery windows and measure dividend efficiency, but those tools cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Dividend Hunting changes that. We democratize institutional-grade analysis with a proprietary ✨AI-Powered model that predicts recovery times and score the real value of every dividend event. Let's make Dividend Capture Great Again.
What Dividend Hunting Delivers
We analyse 60+ years of dividend events to train an ✨AI model that answer the questions capture traders actually need:
- Same-day recovery signal? Our AI flags whether a dividend event is likely to recover same-day (0 days) or take longer (1+ days).
- Capital efficiency score? See the true annualized return on your locked capital: how much profit you're actually making while waiting for recovery.
- Best opportunities first? AI ranking surfaces the highest-yield & fastest-recovery with a simple scoring system so you can easily find the best opportunities with a simple click.
Build your watchlist to personalise everything: screeners, backtests, and signals. See Build Your Own Backtest Guide to run simulations against your instruments only.
Important: Read Before Trading
What This AI Model Is NOT
- ❌ A guarantee. Historical patterns don't always repeat. Market conditions change. News can hit on the ex-date and turn the entire market upside down.
- ❌ A day-trading signal. Use this for position sizing and capital planning, not entries/exits. We don't offer live price data.
- ❌ Perfect. Our AI model achieves a 97% success rate. This is as good as it gets with something as unpredictable as the stock market.
What This IS
- ✅ Evidence-based. Trained on real data.
- ✅ Conservative. Prioritizes safety.
- ✅ Practical. Tells you what matters: same-day or multi-day. Not "7.23 days".
Backtesting Engine
See how your dividend capture strategy would have performed historically. Test different recovery windows, dividend thresholds and risk parameters.
Three Metrics That Matter
Perfect Path (Theoretical Maximum)
The perfect trade combining highest dividend yield + fastest recovery time in your period. This is the reference, the perfect trade: the ceiling you're chasing.
Prediction Path (Following Our Predictions)
Real earnings from trades you would have made using our ✨AI-Powered predictions. No guessing. No manual research. Just the actual returns from following our signals using a clean logic for candidate selection, no hidden tricks.
Capture Rate (Distance from Perfection)
How close our predictions got you to the perfect path. This is the key to success: you don't need perfection to win. Even at 40% of perfect, you're building 4-7x annual returns.
Ready to run your own backtest? See The Perfect Hunting Test: Before You Trade for a detailed walkthrough of how the simulator works, what the Perfect Path is, and how to interpret results.
Our Philosophy
- Transparency: We explain how every metric works and how our model is trained. No black boxes.
- Honesty: We clearly state what our tools can and cannot do. Historical patterns ≠ future guarantees.
- Education: Built-in FAQs, tooltips, and guides help users understand dividend capture fundamentals.
- Accessibility: From free research access to premium API tiers, there's a plan for every trader.
- Risk Awareness: Prominent disclaimers remind users that market volatility, company risk, and unforeseen events exist.
How We're Different
Other stock screeners focus on value, growth, momentum or historical averages. We focus on one thing: Dividends.
| Feature | Dividend Hunting | Typical Screener | Bloomberg Terminal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery Time Prediction | ✓ ✨AI-powered forecast | ✗ Not available | ✓ Manual analysis only |
| Dividend Efficiency Scoring | ✓ Automated metric | ✗ Not tracked | ~ Possible but tedious |
| Historical Backtesting | ✓ Built-in simulator | ✗ Not available | ✓ Available (expensive) |
| Ex-Date Calendar | ✓ Live + filterable | ~ Basic lists | ✓ Real-time |
| Cost | ✓ From $49.99/month | ✓ Free-$50/month | ✗ $20,000+/year |
Want to learn more about custom simulations? See Build Your Own Backtest: Custom Simulations Guide for step-by-step instructions on running backtests with your own filters.
Built by People Who Trade
Dividend Hunting is developed by Oli Consulting LTD, based in Dublin, Ireland. We are a small team obsessed with data, dedicated to making other people’s lives easier.
Our background: Software engineering, quantitative analysis, financial data science. We've validated every metric against years of real market data. Nothing ships without proper backtesting.
What's Next
We're continuously improving Dividend Hunting. Planned features include:
- Advanced Watchlist: Predefined instruments lists for each popular Broker.
- Enhanced Predictions: Our AI model gets retrained every day. We aim for perfection.
- Tax Impact Calculator: Estimate after-tax returns specific to your jurisdiction.
- Community Features: Share strategies, discuss picks, collaborate with other traders.
- Extended backtest: DRIP and other strategies simulations.
Get In Touch
Questions about the platform? Ideas for improvements? Bugs to report?
We'd love to hear from you:
Email: support@dividendhunting.com
Location: Ireland
Company: Oli Consulting LTD
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