Which paid more, FEPI or YMAX?

Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, FEPI paid 23.2% of its starting price in cash and YMAX paid 40.0%, so YMAX paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, FEPI or YMAX?

With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +17.8% and YMAX returned +3.5% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so FEPI returned more.

Which is cheaper, FEPI or YMAX?

FEPI charges 0.65% a year and YMAX charges 1.33%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Every figure is the income desk's own, on published data.

FEPI vs YMAX

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REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF and YieldMax(R) Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs, side by side on the income desk.

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FEPI and YMAX on the income desk fields, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF	YMAX YieldMax(R) Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs
Issuer	REX	YieldMax
Strategy	covered call	synthetic covered call
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy	S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Pays	weekly	weekly
Payout rate, annualised	25.1%	40.6%
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.33%
Cash paid, 1 year	23.2%	40.0%
Price change, 1 year	−7.5%	−38.7%
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+3.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year	+25.6%	+20.0%
Ahead or behind	−7.8 pts	−16.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate	not published	43%
Age	1059 days	961 days

FEPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, FEPI paid 23.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 25.1%, paid weekly.

YMAX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, YMAX paid 40.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 38.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.5 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 40.6%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 43% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FEPI or YMAX?: Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, FEPI paid 23.2% of its starting price in cash and YMAX paid 40.0%, so YMAX paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FEPI or YMAX?: With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +17.8% and YMAX returned +3.5% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, FEPI or YMAX?: FEPI charges 0.65% a year and YMAX charges 1.33%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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