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BIOY vs HAKY: which paid, and which earned it?

BIOY and HAKY both write options for income.

GraniteShares YieldBOOST Biotech ETF and Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF.

20.6%BIOY cash paid, 1 year
11.0%HAKY cash paid, 1 year
+2.0%BIOY total return, 1 year
+39.2%HAKY total return, 1 year
BIOY15.3 pts behind XBI · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
XBI+17.3%BIOY+2.0%15.3 pts behind XBITotal return, distributions reinvestedXBI+17.3%BIOY+2.0%15.3 pts behind XBI
HAKY13.9 pts behind HACK · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
HACK+53.1%HAKY+39.2%11.0% as cash13.9 pts behind HACKTotal return, distributions reinvestedHACK+53.1%HAKY+39.2%13.9 pts behind HACK

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BIOY and HAKY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in BIOYOnly in HAKY
Treasury Bill 100.00%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 9.19%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 8.56%
Okta Inc 6.69%
Fortinet Inc 6.55%
Cloudflare Inc 5.55%
Rubrik Inc 5.43%
Cisco Systems Inc 5.35%
Broadcom Inc 5.12%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BIOY and HAKY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
BIOYHAKYBIOYHAKYBIOYHAKY
3 months+2.5%+18.3%14.1%4.5%−9.0 pts−5.3 pts
6 monthsnot published+43.3%not published10.1%not published−11.8 pts
Since launch+2.0%+39.2%20.6%11.0%−15.3 pts−13.9 pts
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BIOY and HAKY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BIOY
GraniteShares YieldBOOST Biotech ETF
Synthetic covered call on XBI, paying weekly
HAKY
Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF
Covered call on HACK, paying monthly
IssuerGraniteSharesAmplify
Strategysynthetic covered callcovered call
BenchmarkBiotech (XBI), used as the proxyCybersecurity (HACK)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized60.0%15.1%
Expense ratio1.07%0.65%
Cash paid, 1 year20.6% (since launch on May 5, 2026)11.0% (since launch on Jan 21, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−19.0%+25.5%
Total return, 1 year+2.0% (since launch on May 5, 2026)+39.2% (since launch on Jan 21, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+17.3%+53.1%
Ahead or behind−15.3 pts−13.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate96%not published
Age136 days240 days
Net assets$1m$8m

BIOY in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 5, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, BIOY paid 20.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.0%. Biotech (XBI), used as the proxy returned +17.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 15.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.0%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

HAKY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Jan 21, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, HAKY paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 25.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +39.2%. Cybersecurity (HACK) returned +53.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BIOY or HAKY?
BIOY charges 1.07% a year and HAKY charges 0.65%, so HAKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BIOY against HAKY, 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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