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BALI vs ROCQ: which paid, and which earned it?

BALI and ROCQ both write options for income.

iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

8.5%BALI cash paid, 1 year
5.8%ROCQ cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%BALI total return, 1 year
+18.0%ROCQ total return, 1 year
BALI2 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%BALI+18.5%8.5% of it arrived as cash2 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%BALI+18.5%2 pts ahead of SPY
ROCQ4 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%5.8% as cash4 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%4 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BALI and ROCQ hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BALI and ROCQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBALIROCQ
AMAZON.COM INC3.29%4.52%
BROADCOM INC2.25%2.93%
TESLA INC0.95%2.94%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC0.40%2.77%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC0.99%0.20%
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC0.19%0.38%
ABBOTT LABORATORIES0.91%0.14%
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP0.23%0.08%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.00%0.95%
Only in each
Only in BALIOnly in ROCQ
NVIDIA 7.36%NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%
APPLE 6.15%Apple, Inc. 7.12%
MICROSOFT 5.07%Micron Technology, Inc. 6.70%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91%Alphabet, Inc. 6.30%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.70%Microsoft Corp. 5.03%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38%Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.74%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.80%Lam Research Corp. 4.21%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.74%Intel Corp. 3.58%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BALI and ROCQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALIROCQBALIROCQBALIROCQ
3 months+4.0%0.0%2.0%3.0%+1.8 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+17.3%+20.0%4.7%5.9%−0.8 pts−4.2 pts
1 year+18.5%not published8.5%not published+2.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+76.3%+18.0%29.2%5.8%−8.0 pts−4.0 pts
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BALI and ROCQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BALI
iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
ROCQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssueriSharesJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.5%10.6%
Expense ratio0.35%not published
Cash paid, 1 year8.5%5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+9.2%+12.0%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.9%
Ahead or behind+2.0 pts−4.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1086 days183 days
Net assets$1.5bn$629m

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.

ROCQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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BALI against ROCQ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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