Which is cheaper, DDDD or FTQI?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and FTQI both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $7.8m for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF and $997m for First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

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At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

12.1%

FTQI cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+16.5%

FTQI total return, 1 year

DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD

+17.1%

SCHD

+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% as cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTQI costs 0.26 points a year less; FTQI is far larger, $997m against $7.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	FTQI
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	FTQI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.5%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	rose 3.5% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment	99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	FTQI
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	FTQI
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$7.8m	$997m
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	FTQI
Holdings in common	2%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and FTQI hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD FTQI

Amgen Inc 4.16% 1.08%

East West Bancorp Inc 0.43% 0.29%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18% 0.24%

Cincinnati Financial Corp 0.70% 0.17%

Chevron Corp 3.94% 0.14%

SLB Ltd 1.83% 0.13%

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Only in DDDD

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70%

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37%

Home Depot Inc 4.29%

Abbott Laboratories 4.02%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.92%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91%

PepsiCo Inc 3.90%

ConocoPhillips 3.84%

Only in FTQI

Apple Inc. 8.98%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.22%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.73%

Amazon.com, Inc. 4.23%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.10%

Tesla, Inc. 3.05%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.67%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.60%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax First Trust

Strategy synthetic covered call covered call

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 12.3%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 12.1%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +3.5%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +12.3%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 99%

Age 237 days 12.8 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.8m $997m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: DDDD vs FTQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	FTQI	DDDD	FTQI	DDDD	FTQI
3 months	+7.5%	+0.4%	1.6%	3.0%	−1.0 pts	+3.8 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+6.6%	3.3%	6.0%	−2.6 pts	+6.9 pts
1 year	–	+16.5%	–	12.1%	–	+4.3 pts
3 years	–	+60.8%	–	38.1%	–	−30.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · FTQI Jan 2014	+17.1%	+138.8%	3.4%	81.1%	−3.3 pts	−641.3 pts

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About each fund

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

FTQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or FTQI?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →FTQI on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →FTQI dividend history →FTQI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

FTQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTQI ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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