# What changed on ETFIQ, Sep 28, 2026

> What ETFIQ’s published data said on Sep 28, 2026: caps reached, buffers working, funds ahead of their benchmark, themes against the index.

Data as of Sep 28, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

This is the Sep 28, 2026 edition, kept at a permanent address. The current one is at what changed .

Computed from ETFIQ’s own files on Sep 28, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

## What changed, Sep 28, 2026

Every line is counted from the published data that morning. None is a view on any fund.

No trading day since Sep 28, 2026. These lines count that close, 1 trading day ago. The figures do not move until the next one settles.

### Buffer ETFs

- 124 of 429 buffer ETFs sit at their cap today, 1 of them new since 2026-09-27. see the funds

- 53 buffer ETFs have their buffer absorbing losses right now. see the funds

- 62 buffer ETFs reset within 30 days; 12 reset in the last week and carry fresh caps. see the funds

### Income ETFs

- Over the last year, 44 of 174 index income ETFs finished ahead of their benchmark once cash was counted and reinvested. see the funds

- 73 income ETFs paid 10% or more in cash over the year while their price fell. see the funds

- 128 income ETFs pay out in the next seven days, 44 of them on dates the issuer has published. see the funds

- YieldMax's latest distributions were 87% return of capital at the median fund, by its own 19a-1 estimates across 61 funds. see the funds

### Thematic ETFs

- The typical thematic ETF has 30% of its weight in S&P 500 names, by its latest holdings filing. see the funds

- Over the last year the median semiconductors fund returned +98% and 9 of 9 beat the S&P 500; the median gaming, esports and betting fund returned -19%. see the funds

- 136 pairs of thematic ETFs hold portfolios that are more than half identical. see the funds

### Leveraged ETFs

- Over three months, 407 of the 558 leveraged and inverse ETFs measured finished short of their own stated multiple. see the funds

- 42 leveraged ETFs are down more than 3% over three months while the thing they track finished within 3% of where it started. see the funds

- 132 leveraged trades are sold by more than one issuer, on the same underlying at the same multiple. see the funds

### Crypto ETFs

- Over three months, 17 of 34 spot crypto ETPs stayed within a point of the coin they hold. see the funds

- Every spot Ether ETP holds the same coin, and the stated sponsor fee runs from 0.14% to 2.50% across 11 funds. see the funds

### Alternatives ETFs

- In the weeks the S&P 500 fell over the last year, 17 of the 57 alternatives ETFs measured rose on average. see the funds

### Where to next

Cite this page. ETFIQ, What changed on ETFIQ, Sep 28, 2026, data as of Sep 29, 2026. https://etfiq.com/changed/2026-09-28/ Free to use with attribution ; the underlying files are at Open data .

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