Data as of .
BALQ vs RDVI: which paid, and which earned it?
BALQ and RDVI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALQ and RDVI hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALQ | RDVI |
|---|---|---|
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY | 4.91% | 2.18% |
| NVIDIA | 8.58% | 2.16% |
| MICROSOFT | 6.83% | 2.05% |
| META PLATFORMS CLASS A | 3.43% | 2.04% |
| ALPHABET CLASS A | 3.45% | 1.97% |
| LAM RESEARCH | 1.83% | 2.31% |
| APPLIED MATERIAL INC | 1.80% | 2.30% |
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | 2.63% | 1.78% |
| APPLE | 7.72% | 1.66% |
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | 0.82% | 0.92% |
| CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 2.19% | 0.51% |
| SALESFORCE | 0.34% | 1.62% |
| Only in BALQ | Only in RDVI |
|---|---|
| AMAZON.COM INC 4.75% | The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.23% | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% |
| BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 3.15% | GE Vernova Inc. 2.19% |
| ALPHABET CLASS C 3.11% | KLA Corporation 2.16% |
| BROADCOM INC 2.93% | The Allstate Corporation 2.14% |
| TESLA INC 2.76% | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13% |
| INTEL CORPORATION 2.65% | Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13% |
| WALMART INC 2.38% | JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.10% |
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 17, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALQ | RDVI | BALQ | RDVI | BALQ | RDVI | |
| 3 months | −0.5% | +0.3% | 2.8% | 2.1% | +1.9 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 6 months | +27.2% | +15.1% | 6.5% | 4.6% | +3.0 pts | +2.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +19.2% | not published | 8.8% | not published | −8.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts |
| Since launch | +21.4% | +101.2% | 8.5% | 41.0% | +5.3 pts | +32.0 pts |
| BALQ iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | First Trust |
| Strategy | covered call | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025) | 8.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.9% | +9.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.4% (since launch on Dec 3, 2025) | +19.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.1% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | +5.3 pts | −8.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 289 days | 1429 days |
| Net assets | $29m | $3.7bn |
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.
RDVI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, BALQ or RDVI?
- BALQ charges 0.35% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so BALQ 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, BALQ against RDVI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/balq-vs-rdvi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.