I have been trying to lock in Dividend payments by buying one day before the ex-date and holding until two days after the ex-date to lock in the dividend payment. The last 2 stocks I tried this on are RWAY and PTMN. They had a drop in price right on the ex-date. I have lost money because of the this. Makes me wonder if I can drop the stock on the ex-date and still lock in the dividend payment?
