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BALQ vs BIGY: which paid, and which earned it?

BALQ and BIGY both write options for income.

iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF and YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Big 50 Option Income ETF.

8.5%BALQ cash paid, 1 year
12.5%BIGY cash paid, 1 year
+21.4%BALQ total return, 1 year
+13.0%BIGY total return, 1 year
BALQ5.3 pts ahead of QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+16.1%BALQ+21.4%8.5% of it arrived as cash5.3 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+16.1%BALQ+21.4%5.3 pts ahead of QQQ
BIGY3.6 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%BIGY+13.0%12.5% of it arrived as cash3.6 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%BIGY+13.0%12.5% cash3.6 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BALQ and BIGY hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BALQ and BIGY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBALQBIGY
APPLE7.63%7.21%
NVIDIA8.62%6.66%
AMAZON.COM INC4.76%4.95%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES4.31%4.19%
MICROSOFT6.72%3.84%
ALPHABET CLASS A3.44%4.84%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A3.31%3.70%
BROADCOM INC2.99%3.04%
WALMART INC2.36%2.54%
TESLA INC2.73%2.35%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP2.61%1.74%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC2.15%1.32%
Only in each
Only in BALQOnly in BIGY
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 5.06%JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 3.24%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.09%Texas Instruments Inc 2.54%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.70%Johnson & Johnson 2.25%
INTEL CORPORATION 2.62%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.23%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.96%Visa Inc 2.10%
LAM RESEARCH 1.94%Bank of America Corp 2.06%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.90%Mastercard Inc 2.00%
CASH COLLATERAL MSFUT USD 1.46%Eli Lilly & Co 1.99%

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

BALQ and BIGY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BALQBIGYBALQBIGYBALQBIGY
3 months−0.5%+2.6%2.8%3.0%+1.9 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+27.2%+15.0%6.5%6.9%+3.0 pts−3.0 pts
1 yearnot published+13.0%not published12.5%not published−3.6 pts
Since launch+21.4%+28.9%8.5%21.8%+5.3 pts−2.4 pts
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BALQ and BIGY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BALQ
iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
BIGY
YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Big 50 Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssueriSharesYieldMax
Strategycovered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.9%12.1%
Expense ratio0.35%1.09%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025)12.5%
Price change, 1 year+11.9%−0.3%
Total return, 1 year+21.4% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025)+13.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.1%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+5.3 pts−3.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published0%
Age289 days666 days
Net assets$29m$33m

BALQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 3, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, BALQ paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +16.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.9%, paid monthly.

BIGY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BIGY paid 12.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.1%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 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, BALQ or BIGY?
BALQ charges 0.35% a year and BIGY charges 1.09%, so BALQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BALQ against BIGY, 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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