Data as of .
DRKY vs FTHI: which paid, and which earned it?
DRKY and FTHI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and FTHI hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DRKY | FTHI |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.42% | 2.53% |
| Alphabet Inc | 4.45% | 2.41% |
| Tesla Inc | 2.07% | 0.97% |
| Sandisk Corp | 3.51% | 0.31% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 9.17% | 0.27% |
| Only in DRKY | Only in FTHI |
|---|---|
| Natera Inc 25.22% | Apple Inc. 7.75% |
| STMicroelectronics NV 7.49% | NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% |
| YPF SA 4.78% | US Dollar 5.90% |
| Insmed Inc 4.62% | Microsoft Corporation 2.94% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 4.52% | JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% |
| BBB Foods Inc 4.29% | Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% |
| CDW Corp/DE 3.92% | Bank of America Corporation 2.22% |
| Fox Corp 3.89% | ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17% |
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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRKY | FTHI | DRKY | FTHI | DRKY | FTHI | |
| 3 months | +11.8% | +1.7% | 3.8% | 2.2% | +9.6 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 6 months | +25.1% | +9.8% | 8.1% | 4.6% | +7.1 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +9.7% | not published | 8.9% | not published | −6.9 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +47.9% | not published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts |
| Since launch | +24.1% | +156.3% | 14.1% | 82.6% | +9.7 pts | −257.8 pts |
| DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VistaShares | First Trust |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 14.8% | 9.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 14.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) | 8.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | +8.1% | +0.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +24.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) | +9.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +14.4% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +9.7 pts | −6.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 345 days | 4637 days |
| Net assets | $19m | $2.5bn |
DRKY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Oct 8, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, DRKY paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +14.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 9.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.8%, paid monthly.
FTHI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, DRKY or FTHI?
- DRKY charges 0.95% a year and FTHI charges 0.75%, so FTHI 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, DRKY against FTHI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/drky-vs-fthi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.