The hand-holding guide: what Dividend Hunting is, what you need, what you do each day, and what the Pick of …
Knowledge Base
Dividend capture, explained
How recovery forecasting works, what it returns before and after tax, the risks, and the platform.
Everything we know about dividend capture and dividend recovery forecasting, in one place: how the strategy works, the gross and after-tax returns, the risks and how to manage them, choosing a zero-fee broker, taxes by country, and how to use the platform. Start with the basics, or jump to a category below.
The honest filter: dividend capture only works for the small, cold, consistent, numbers-curious trader who actually shows up. Find out …
A high-probability pick on a thin stock is a trap. Learn why average volume matters as much as the prediction.
Log your dividend-capture trades, watch your return, pipeline and capital evolve, export to CSV for taxes, and share an anonymous …
One published, graded pick per market, every trading day — the rule of thumb, delivery times, and the real win …
Use automatically maintained lists for eToro, Trading 212, IBKR, Robinhood, and Alpaca to filter the dividend calendar to only tradable …
Cut through 70,000+ global instruments. Focus only on what you can actually trade with your broker.
Data-driven analysis of 52 weeks of 2025 simulations to determine the best yield and probability thresholds for dividend capture.
How to size positions and set stop orders to protect your capital.
The five mistakes that destroy 80% of dividend capture traders—and how to prevent them.
A simple morning and end-of-day checklist that turns “250 trades a year” into a 10–20 minute habit instead of a …
How a $100 account, five trades per week, and reinvested dividends can grow into a four- and five-figure balance over …
Apply the 2–5% risk rule to size each dividend capture trade without blowing up your account.
What to look for in a zero-commission broker so trading costs don’t eat your captured dividends.
Translate your monthly income target into the capital required using our historical backtest returns.
The myth, cleared up: T+1, T+2 or T+3, you always buy the trading day before the ex-date and sell on …
How to use historical data to validate your dividend capture strategy before risking real money.
Comparing short-term dividend capture to traditional buy-and-hold investing.
How dividend capture has evolved and what it looks like in 2025.
Understanding the critical date that determines who collects the dividend.
Realistic assessment of what works and what doesn't.
Comparing short-term dividend capture to long-term DRIP (reinvestment) strategies.
Create unlimited backtests with your own parameters and test different strategies.
Simple explanation of the dividend capture strategy and how it works.
Detailed comparison of trading costs across US, Canada, Europe, and Asia brokers.