SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)

[Tripledog]

Thanks taking all that wisdom from my 8+
Years of failures and building a portfolio long position with a few long puts for protection.
I have purchased 250 of 500 of all the s&p500 stocks and going to put 100.00 in each keeping the balance at 100 in each and adding the profit into 500 more stocks
For a 1000 different stock position.
I tried this back in 2012 but trade fees made It difficult. Now with RObinhood you can buy fractions of shares as small as 1.00
So far I’m beating the market and going to collect dividends and sell OTM calls/puts later for income.
Also thinkorswim paper trading I turned 250k into 2.5m in 45 days so I’m building skills to manage options trading for income in the future.
Has anyone compared the dividend payout
Difference between equal amounts of s&p500 vs spy ? I’m thinking it’s not the same.