Data as of .
BALI vs DRKY: which paid, and which earned it?
BALI and DRKY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and DRKY hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | DRKY |
|---|---|---|
| AMAZON.COM INC | 3.29% | 4.42% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A | 2.70% | 4.45% |
| TESLA INC | 0.95% | 2.07% |
| SANDISK | 0.40% | 3.51% |
| SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC | 0.40% | 4.52% |
| FOX CLASS A | 0.11% | 3.89% |
| NATERA | 0.11% | 25.22% |
| INSMED | 0.03% | 4.62% |
| Only in BALI | Only in DRKY |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA 7.36% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 9.17% |
| APPLE 6.15% | STMicroelectronics NV 7.49% |
| MICROSOFT 5.07% | YPF SA 4.78% |
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91% | BBB Foods Inc 4.29% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38% | CDW Corp/DE 3.92% |
| BROADCOM INC 2.25% | United Airlines Holdings Inc 3.73% |
| META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.80% | Sea Ltd 3.15% |
| EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.74% | Newamsterdam Pharma Co NV 3.13% |
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 | DRKY | BALI | DRKY | BALI | DRKY | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | +11.8% | 2.0% | 3.8% | +1.8 pts | +9.6 pts |
| 6 months | +17.3% | +25.1% | 4.7% | 8.1% | −0.8 pts | +7.1 pts |
| 1 year | +18.5% | not published | 8.5% | not published | +2.0 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +76.3% | +24.1% | 29.2% | 14.1% | −8.0 pts | +9.7 pts |
| BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | VistaShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.5% | 14.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 14.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.2% | +8.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.5% | +24.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +14.4% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.0 pts | +9.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1086 days | 345 days |
| Net assets | $1.5bn | $19m |
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.
DRKY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Oct 8, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, DRKY paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +14.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 9.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, BALI or DRKY?
- BALI charges 0.35% a year and DRKY charges 0.95%, 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 DRKY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-drky Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.