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

Over the year CONY paid 40.0% of its price in cash against XDTE’s 26.9%, though XDTE returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) COIN Option Income Strategy ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

40.0%CONY cash paid, 1 year
26.9%XDTE cash paid, 1 year
−41.0%CONY total return, 1 year
+16.6%XDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: CONY scores higher

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

CONY 49.2XDTE 46.39.1, 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
XDTE0.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%26.9% as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CONY and XDTE 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 XDTE
TREASURY BILL 37.96%SPX 03/19/2027 678.8 C 67.54%
TREASURY BILL 25.76%SPX 06/11/2027 678.8 C 25.09%
TREASURY BILL 25.29%Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 7.36%
TREASURY BILL 7.55%
TREASURY BILL 3.44%

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 XDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CONYXDTECONYXDTECONYXDTE
3 months+10.8%+3.9%16.9%5.1%+1.2 pts+0.6 pts
6 months−4.2%+13.4%30.2%10.5%+6.2 pts−2.6 pts
1 year−41.0%+16.6%40.0%26.9%+4.9 pts−0.9 pts
3 years+30.7%not published162.8%not published−84.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+37.6%+45.7%171.5%59.3%−83.7 pts−7.2 pts
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CONY and XDTE 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
XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerYieldMaxRoundhill
Strategysynthetic covered call0DTE covered call
BenchmarkCoinbase (COIN)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized91.0%17.6%
Expense ratio1.04%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year40.0%26.9%
Price change, 1 year−72.9%−12.8%
Total return, 1 year−41.0%+16.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year−45.9%+17.5%
Ahead or behind+4.9 pts−0.9 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).

XDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XDTE paid 26.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.6%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CONY or XDTE?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, CONY paid 40.0% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 26.9%, 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 XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −41.0% and XDTE returned +16.6% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so XDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, CONY or XDTE?
CONY charges 1.04% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CONY against XDTE, 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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