Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
NVDY vs QQQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY returned +10.5% to QQQ's +15.2%, and QQQ charges 0.18% to NVDY's 1.09%.
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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.3bn for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF and $483.0bn for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.
Pair scorecard
QQQ costs 0.91 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points; QQQ is far larger, $483.0bn against $1.3bn.
| Measure | NVDY | QQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +10.5% | +15.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 29.9% | rose 14.6% |
| Latest payout, annualized | 25.2% | |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 4.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Benchmark: NVIDIA (NVDA) | Nasdaq-100 Index |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 3.1 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.09% | 0.18% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $1.3bn | $483.0bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
| 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
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, NVDY and QQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.
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0% in common
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Side by side
NVDY and QQQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price.
NVDY
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +7.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.
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 NVDY and QQQ in the same category?
- NVDY 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 returned more over the last year, NVDY or QQQ?
- In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NVDY returned +10.5% and QQQ +15.2%.
- Which is cheaper, NVDY or QQQ?
- QQQ is cheaper, by 0.91 percentage points a year. That is about $91 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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