Data as of .
BALI vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?
BALI and QVOL both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and QVOL hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | QVOL |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 7.36% | 8.53% |
| MICROSOFT | 5.07% | 5.05% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | 3.29% | 7.61% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A | 2.70% | 4.70% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C | 2.38% | 4.69% |
| APPLE | 6.15% | 2.33% |
| BROADCOM INC | 2.25% | 3.42% |
| META PLATFORMS CLASS A | 1.80% | 3.14% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY | 1.50% | 4.53% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | 1.30% | 6.17% |
| CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 0.99% | 1.36% |
| LAM RESEARCH | 0.86% | 1.47% |
| Only in BALI | Only in QVOL |
|---|---|
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91% | ASML Holding NV 2.25% |
| EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.74% | Microchip Technology Inc 1.58% |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.69% | AppLovin Corp 1.43% |
| CHEVRON 1.65% | Autodesk Inc 1.17% |
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.64% | Cadence Design Systems Inc 1.13% |
| VISA CLASS A 1.55% | KLA Corp 1.13% |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.45% | DoorDash Inc 1.08% |
| VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.31% | PDD Holdings Inc 0.94% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | QVOL | BALI | QVOL | BALI | QVOL | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | −3.7% | 2.0% | 3.0% | +1.8 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +17.3% | not published | 4.7% | not published | −0.8 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +18.5% | not published | 8.5% | not published | +2.0 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +76.3% | +4.3% | 29.2% | 4.2% | −8.0 pts | +2.1 pts |
| BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Infrastructure Capital |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.5% | 12.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.82% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.2% | 0.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.5% | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +2.1% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.0 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1086 days | 129 days |
| Net assets | $1.5bn | $8m |
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.
QVOL in plain words
Over the period since launch on May 12, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, QVOL paid 4.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +2.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.6%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, BALI or QVOL?
- BALI charges 0.35% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, 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 QVOL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-qvol Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.