Data as of .
BALQ vs EGGY: which paid, and which earned it?
BALQ and EGGY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALQ and EGGY hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALQ | EGGY |
|---|---|---|
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY | 5.06% | 7.95% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | 4.31% | 4.86% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A | 3.44% | 4.68% |
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | 0.85% | 4.26% |
| ASTERA LABS | 0.36% | 6.85% |
| CIENA | 0.12% | 3.75% |
| CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD | 0.10% | 4.79% |
| Only in BALQ | Only in EGGY |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA 8.62% | Seagate Technology Holdings PL 12.31% |
| APPLE 7.63% | Bloom Energy Corp 10.77% |
| MICROSOFT 6.72% | Lumentum Holdings Inc 6.86% |
| AMAZON.COM INC 4.76% | Coherent Corp 5.81% |
| META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.31% | Vertiv Holdings Co 5.60% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C 3.09% | Vistra Corp 4.17% |
| BROADCOM INC 2.99% | Eli Lilly & Co 4.01% |
| TESLA INC 2.73% | Teradyne Inc 3.92% |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALQ | EGGY | BALQ | EGGY | BALQ | EGGY | |
| 3 months | −0.5% | −15.1% | 2.8% | 7.1% | +1.9 pts | −17.3 pts |
| 6 months | +27.2% | +27.6% | 6.5% | 19.4% | +3.0 pts | +9.6 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +15.3% | not published | 28.1% | not published | −1.2 pts |
| Since launch | +21.4% | +42.3% | 8.5% | 45.5% | +5.3 pts | +11.8 pts |
| BALQ iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Nest Egg |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.9% | 34.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.92% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025) | 28.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.9% | −16.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.4% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025) | +15.3% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.1% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +5.3 pts | −1.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 289 days | 630 days |
| Net assets | $29m | $126m |
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.
EGGY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, BALQ or EGGY?
- BALQ charges 0.35% a year and EGGY charges 0.92%, so BALQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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