Data as of .
CVRD vs KIQQ: which paid, and which earned it?
CVRD and KIQQ both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, CVRD and KIQQ hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | CVRD | KIQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.06% | 4.50% |
| Microsoft Corp | 3.88% | 6.17% |
| Broadcom Inc | 3.57% | 2.76% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.66% | 3.31% |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc | 4.84% | 1.38% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 2.04% | 0.89% |
| PepsiCo Inc | 3.07% | 0.84% |
| T-Mobile US Inc | 2.85% | 0.82% |
| Adobe Inc | 2.84% | 0.49% |
| Comcast Corp | 2.35% | 0.38% |
| Synopsys Inc | 2.53% | 0.35% |
| Honeywell International Inc | 1.48% | 0.31% |
| Only in CVRD | Only in KIQQ |
|---|---|
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.58% | +NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 100.58% |
| Danaher Corp 4.32% | NVIDIA CORP 8.90% |
| Agilent Technologies Inc 3.98% | APPLE INC 8.20% |
| Visa Inc 3.68% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.14% |
| Union Pacific Corp 3.17% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.21% |
| Blackrock Inc 3.03% | ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.40% |
| American Tower Corp 2.99% | TESLA INC 3.19% |
| Lowe's Cos Inc 2.99% | ALPHABET INC-CL C 3.15% |
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 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVRD | KIQQ | CVRD | KIQQ | CVRD | KIQQ | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | −3.2% | 1.7% | 1.9% | +1.7 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 6 months | +5.7% | +11.9% | 3.3% | 4.5% | −12.3 pts | −12.3 pts |
| 1 year | +5.6% | not published | 7.4% | not published | −11.0 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +19.5% | not published | 25.9% | not published | −58.9 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +21.1% | +6.0% | 26.3% | 5.8% | −59.8 pts | −9.9 pts |
| CVRD Madison Covered Call ETF Covered call on SPY, paying quarterly | KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Madison | KraneShares |
| Strategy | covered call | buffer with income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | quarterly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 6.5% | 6.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.92% | 0.79% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.4% | 5.8% (since launch on Jan 7, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −2.2% | −0.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +5.6% | +6.0% (since launch on Jan 7, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +15.9% |
| Ahead or behind | −11.0 pts | −9.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1123 days | 254 days |
| Net assets | $32m | $3m |
CVRD in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CVRD paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid quarterly.
KIQQ in plain words
Over the period since launch on Jan 7, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, KIQQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, CVRD or KIQQ?
- CVRD charges 0.92% a year and KIQQ charges 0.79%, so KIQQ 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, CVRD against KIQQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cvrd-vs-kiqq Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.