Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
QQQ vs ROCQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
QQQ and ROCQ are measured over different days, and QQQ charges 0.18% to ROCQ's 0.35%.
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Net assets: $483.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1, and $786m on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.
Pair scorecard
QQQ costs 0.17 points a year less; QQQ is far larger, $476.7bn against $765m.
| Measure | QQQ | ROCQ |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +15.2% | not published |
| Cash paid, share of starting value, since Mar 19, 2026 | 6.8% | |
| Price change, since Mar 19, 2026 | rose 9.4% | |
| Latest payout, annualized | 10.8% | |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 4.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Nasdaq-100 Index | Benchmark: Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 6.6 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.35% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026 | $476.7bn | $765m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 66% | |
| 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. Method
Risk and return
Mar 27, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · 30 weekly returnsQQQ returned more: +25.5% to +18.5%. ROCQ fell less at its worst: −5.8% to −7.5%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | QQQ | ROCQ | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +25.5% | +18.5% | QQQ | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | +25.2% | +11.5% | QQQ | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −7.5% | −5.8% | ROCQ | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 30 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QQQ and ROCQ hold 66% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.
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66% in common
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Side by side
QQQ and ROCQ 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 ROCQ.
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.
ROCQ
Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, ROCQ paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +22.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.6 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Are QQQ and ROCQ in the same category?
- QQQ is a stock ETF and ROCQ is an option-income ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which is cheaper, QQQ or ROCQ?
- QQQ is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 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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