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CONY vs QDTE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year CONY paid 40.0% of its price in cash against QDTE’s 36.8%, though QDTE returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) COIN Option Income Strategy ETF and Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

40.0%CONY cash paid, 1 year
36.8%QDTE cash paid, 1 year
−41.0%CONY total return, 1 year
+22.3%QDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: CONY scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

CONY 49.2QDTE 44.79.1, the lowest in this set97.6, the highest

A percentile among the 61 income ETFs writing on a single company. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

CONY4.9 pts ahead of COIN · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
COIN−45.9%CONY−41.0%4.9 pts ahead of COINTotal return, distributions reinvestedCOIN−45.9%CONY−41.0%4.9 pts ahead of COIN
QDTE0.7 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%QDTE+22.3%36.8% of it arrived as cash0.7 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%QDTE+22.3%0.7 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CONYOnly in QDTE
TREASURY BILL 37.96%NDX 03/19/2027 2510.15 C 26.01%
TREASURY BILL 25.76%4NDX US 12/18/26 C2450.1 FLX 25.19%
TREASURY BILL 25.29%NDX 06/11/2027 3059.42 C 22.18%
TREASURY BILL 7.55%4NDX US 09/18/26 C2250 FLX 18.27%
TREASURY BILL 3.44%Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 5.05%
First American Government Obligations Fu 3.30%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CONY and QDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CONYQDTECONYQDTECONYQDTE
3 months+10.8%+1.0%16.9%7.8%+1.2 pts+1.8 pts
6 months−4.2%+16.9%30.2%15.9%+6.2 pts−3.8 pts
1 year−41.0%+22.3%40.0%36.8%+4.9 pts−0.7 pts
3 years+30.7%not published162.8%not published−84.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+37.6%+58.3%171.5%73.8%−83.7 pts−4.3 pts
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CONY and QDTE on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CONY
YieldMax(R) COIN Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on COIN, paying weekly
QDTE
Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerYieldMaxRoundhill
Strategysynthetic covered call0DTE covered call
BenchmarkCoinbase (COIN)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized91.0%24.3%
Expense ratio1.04%0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year40.0%36.8%
Price change, 1 year−72.9%−18.5%
Total return, 1 year−41.0%+22.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year−45.9%+23.0%
Ahead or behind+4.9 pts−0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1123 days918 days

CONY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, CONY paid 40.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 72.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −41.0%. Coinbase (COIN) returned −45.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.9 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 91.0%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 59% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

QDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QDTE paid 36.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.3%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CONY or QDTE?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, CONY paid 40.0% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 36.8%, so CONY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CONY or QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −41.0% and QDTE returned +22.3% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so QDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, CONY or QDTE?
CONY charges 1.04% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so QDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CONY against QDTE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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