BDJ — BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust

US equity
9.79 +0.41% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 8.45 · high 9.92

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Performance

1 day+0.41%
1 week-0.71%
1 month+2.19%
3 months+7.11%
6 months+2.19%
Year to date+4.26%
1 year+10.50%
3 years+22.99%
5 years-4.39%

Technicals

RSI 1449.0
vs 50-day avg+1.67%
vs 200-day avg+5.13%
Volatility 1y12.4%
Max drawdown 1y-13.24%
Avg volume 30d426.0K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)9.37%
Paid last 12m0.9177
Payments in 12m14
Paying since2016-01-13

Measured signals that fired on BDJ

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-05Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-31Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-15Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-10Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-01-30Zhao David
Disposition to issuer5.5K9.6153.2K
2026-01-30McClements Kyle
Disposition to issuer3.4K9.6132.5K
2026-01-30McClements Kyle
Option exercise3.4K
2026-01-30Zhao David
Option exercise5.5K
2025-01-31DeSpirito Antonio III
Disposition to issuer29.4K8.79258.7K
2025-01-31Zhao David
Disposition to issuer6.7K8.7959.1K
2025-01-31McClements Kyle
Disposition to issuer3.3K8.7929.0K
2025-01-31Accettella Christopher
Disposition to issuer7158.796.3K
2025-01-31Accettella Christopher
Option exercise715
2025-01-31Zhao David
Option exercise6.7K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC35.8M4.2M
MORGAN STANLEY29.1M3.4M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN21.6M2.5M
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC20.1M2.3M
Invesco Ltd.16.1M1.9M
LPL Financial LLC15.1M1.8M
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP9.9M1.1M
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA7.5M873.6K
Waterfront Wealth Inc.7.2M837.7K
UBS Group AG6.3M734.2K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d49.4% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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