Data as of .
BALI vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
BALI and TPRY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and TPRY hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | TPRY |
|---|---|---|
| APPLE | 6.15% | 4.91% |
| NVIDIA | 7.36% | 4.39% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | 3.29% | 12.40% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C | 2.38% | 6.91% |
| META PLATFORMS CLASS A | 1.80% | 5.35% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY | 1.50% | 13.23% |
| BROADCOM INC | 2.25% | 1.49% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | 1.30% | 3.70% |
| LAM RESEARCH | 0.86% | 4.08% |
| QUALCOMM | 0.26% | 1.38% |
| Only in BALI | Only in TPRY |
|---|---|
| MICROSOFT 5.07% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48% |
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.91% | Uber Technologies Inc 5.23% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A 2.70% | Vistra Corp 4.57% |
| EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.74% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46% |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.69% | Boeing Co/The 4.30% |
| CHEVRON 1.65% | NRG Energy Inc 4.18% |
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.64% | Baidu Inc 3.72% |
| VISA CLASS A 1.55% | American Airlines Group Inc 3.42% |
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 | TPRY | BALI | TPRY | BALI | TPRY | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | −5.9% | 2.0% | 3.5% | +1.8 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | +17.3% | +11.9% | 4.7% | 8.1% | −0.8 pts | −6.1 pts |
| 1 year | +18.5% | not published | 8.5% | not published | +2.0 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +76.3% | +2.1% | 29.2% | 7.4% | −8.0 pts | −9.3 pts |
| BALI iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian 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% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.2% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.5% | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.0 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1086 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | $1.5bn | $4m |
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.
TPRY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, BALI or TPRY?
- BALI charges 0.35% a year and TPRY 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 TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/bali-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.