I have written several posts on dividend capture strategies.
My favored, although far from perfect strategy:
Dividend capture with covered calls
Some approaches I don’t recommend:
SPY dividend capture ideas that don’t work
Dividend capture—three approaches to skip
Additional background and tools, and an example:
Combo orders–maximizing profits on covered calls
DIA dividend capture: creating the position
DIA dividend capture: position close out
More questions about dividends? See Top 10 questions about dividends.