# When do dividends post?

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**Created:** [March 30, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/when-do-dividends-post/14838 "2021-03-30T15:31:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/when-do-dividends-post/14838/1 "2021-03-30T15:31:38Z")

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I have a couple of holdings with dividend pay dates of 3/30/2021. When will these post to the strategy?

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**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/when-do-dividends-post/14838/3 "2021-04-26T13:45:48Z")

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I think C2 won’t post because C2 is using IEX market data and IEX market data is not adjusted. I guess\* the IEX data which C2 is using right now only shows the execution market price.

However, I think the market price will react to your dividend because of dividend arbitrage in the future. (Future: the time when the options are exercised/expired I think)

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More details about dividend arbitrage:  
[https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividend-arbitrage.asp#:~:text=Key%20Takeaways-,Dividend%20arbitrage%20is%20an%20options%20trading%20strategy%20that%20involves%20purchasing,put%20after%20collecting%20the%20dividend.](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividend-arbitrage.asp#:~:text=Key%20Takeaways-,Dividend%20arbitrage%20is%20an%20options%20trading%20strategy%20that%20involves%20purchasing,put%20after%20collecting%20the%20dividend.)

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**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/when-do-dividends-post/14838/4 "2021-04-26T14:16:22Z")

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We do handle dividends, typically. There are some exceptions that we need to manually adjust for – particularly when dividends are treated as share spinoffs, or special distributions, etc.

If you see a dividend that did not post within 24 hours of the PAY date, let the help desk know ([help@collective2.com](mailto:help@collective2.com)) and we will take care of it.