Data as of .
BALI vs DDDD: which paid, and which earned it?
BALI and DDDD both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and DDDD hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | DDDD |
|---|---|---|
| CHEVRON | 1.65% | 4.25% |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE | 1.45% | 4.01% |
| VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC | 1.31% | 3.96% |
| UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 0.99% | 3.84% |
| MERCK & CO INC | 0.94% | 4.93% |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.91% | 4.53% |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | 0.82% | 2.74% |
| PEPSICO | 0.71% | 3.50% |
| UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CLASS B | 0.65% | 1.88% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC | 0.52% | 3.32% |
| AMGEN INC | 0.46% | 4.38% |
| BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB | 0.45% | 3.27% |
| Only in BALI | Only in DDDD |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA 7.36% | ConocoPhillips 4.07% |
| APPLE 6.15% | Home Depot Inc/The 3.68% |
| MICROSOFT 5.07% | Altria Group Inc 2.94% |
| AMAZON.COM INC 3.29% | Accenture PLC 2.81% |
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91% | Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.78% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A 2.70% | Blackstone Inc 2.35% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38% | Comcast Corp 2.05% |
| BROADCOM INC 2.25% | EOG Resources Inc 1.95% |
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 dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | DDDD | BALI | DDDD | BALI | DDDD | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | +4.9% | 2.0% | 1.6% | +1.8 pts | +2.6 pts |
| 6 months | +17.3% | +10.5% | 4.7% | 1.7% | −0.8 pts | −7.6 pts |
| 1 year | +18.5% | not published | 8.5% | not published | +2.0 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +76.3% | +8.7% | 29.2% | 1.6% | −8.0 pts | −6.5 pts |
| BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | DDDD YieldMax(R) U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | not established |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.5% | 18.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 1.01% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 1.6% (since launch on Mar 12, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.2% | +7.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.5% | +8.7% (since launch on Mar 12, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +15.3% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.0 pts | −6.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 67% |
| Age | 1086 days | 190 days |
| Net assets | $1.5bn | $7m |
BALI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BALI paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly.
DDDD in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 12, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, DDDD paid 1.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.4%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 67% of the distribution paid Jul 6, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, BALI or DDDD?
- BALI charges 0.35% a year and DDDD charges 1.01%, so BALI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BALI against DDDD, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-dddd Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.