Data as of . Every figure is the income desk's own, on published data.
BALI vs QDTE
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BALI | Only in QDTE |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp 7.90% | Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 100.00% |
| NVIDIA Corp 7.73% | |
| Apple Inc 6.59% | |
| Amazon.com Inc 4.52% | |
| Alphabet Inc 3.73% | |
| Meta Platforms Inc 2.05% | |
| Alphabet Inc 2.02% | |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% |
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 and Sep 30, 2025.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | QDTE | BALI | QDTE | BALI | QDTE | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +3.6% | 2.0% | 8.0% | +1.5 pts | +1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +15.3% | 4.6% | 15.8% | −0.5 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +24.7% | 8.6% | 37.4% | +1.0 pts | −0.9 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +58.7% | 29.2% | 73.5% | −8.4 pts | −4.9 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | QDTE Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Roundhill |
| Strategy | covered call | 0DTE covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 25.1% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.96% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 37.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | −17.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +24.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −0.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1072 days | 911 days |
BALI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 7.4%, paid monthly.
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.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or QDTE?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 37.4%, so QDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, BALI or QDTE?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and QDTE returned +24.7% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so QDTE returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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