Which returned more over the last year, QDTE or VTI?

In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDTE returned +24.7% and VTI returned +20.0%, so QDTE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, QDTE or VTI?

QDTE charges 0.96% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are QDTE and VTI the same kind of fund?

No. QDTE is an option-income ETF and VTI is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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QDTE vs VTI

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Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDTE and VTI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in QDTE	Only in VTI
Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 100.00%	NVIDIA Corp 6.37%
	Apple Inc 5.88%
	Microsoft Corp 3.84%
	Amazon.com Inc 3.19%
	Alphabet Inc 2.90%
	Broadcom Inc 2.48%
	Alphabet Inc 2.29%
	Micron Technology Inc 1.80%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.

QDTE and VTI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	QDTE Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF	VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Income desk	Core fund
Issuer	Roundhill	Vanguard
What it is	0DTE covered call, vs QQQ	US total market
Total return, 1 year	+24.7%	+20.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+25.6%	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.9 pts	+0.0 pts
Cash paid, 1 year	37.4%	not an income fund
Expense ratio	0.96%	0.03%
Holdings	n/a	3531

QDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QDTE paid 37.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 25.1%, paid weekly.

VTI in plain words

VTI is a index equity fund tracking US total market. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3531 positions, with the top ten at 32.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QDTE or VTI?: In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDTE returned +24.7% and VTI returned +20.0%, so QDTE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, QDTE or VTI?: QDTE charges 0.96% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are QDTE and VTI the same kind of fund?: No. QDTE is an option-income ETF and VTI is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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