Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
KIQQ vs QQQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
KIQQ and QQQ are measured over different days, and QQQ charges 0.18% to KIQQ's 0.79%.
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Net assets: $2.5m on Oct 28, 2026 for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF, and $483.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.
Pair scorecard
QQQ costs 0.61 points a year less; QQQ is far larger, $483.0bn against $2.4m.
| Measure | KIQQ | QQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +15.2% |
| Cash paid, share of starting value, since Jan 7, 2026 | 6.4% | |
| Price change, since Jan 7, 2026 | fell 1.8% | |
| Latest payout, annualized | 6.8% | |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment | |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 4.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Benchmark: Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | Nasdaq-100 Index |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 12.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.18% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $2.4m | $483.0bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 100% | |
| In the S&P 500, by weight | 96% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 46.7% | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method
Risk and return
Jan 16, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · 40 weekly returnsQQQ returned more: +13.8% to +2.6%. KIQQ fell less at its worst: −7.6% to −9.5%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | KIQQ | QQQ | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +2.6% | +13.8% | QQQ | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | −3.8% | +13.4% | QQQ | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −7.6% | −9.5% | KIQQ | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 40 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, KIQQ and QQQ hold 100% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.
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100% in common
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Side by side
KIQQ and QQQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for KIQQ.
KIQQ
Over the period from its first trade on Jan 7, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, KIQQ paid 6.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +16.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.0 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. KraneShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
QQQ
QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.2% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 46.7%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Are KIQQ and QQQ in the same category?
- KIQQ is an option-income ETF and QQQ is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which is cheaper, KIQQ or QQQ?
- QQQ is cheaper, by 0.61 percentage points a year. That is about $61 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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