Data as of .
DRKY vs FTQI: which paid, and which earned it?
DRKY and FTQI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and FTQI hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DRKY | FTQI |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.42% | 4.13% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 4.52% | 2.17% |
| Tesla Inc | 2.07% | 2.68% |
| Alphabet Inc | 4.45% | 2.06% |
| Natera Inc | 25.22% | 0.36% |
| CDW Corp/DE | 3.92% | 0.09% |
| Bitdeer Technologies Group | 2.82% | 0.01% |
| Only in DRKY | Only in FTQI |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 9.17% | Apple Inc. 8.76% |
| STMicroelectronics NV 7.49% | NVIDIA Corporation 6.55% |
| YPF SA 4.78% | US Dollar 5.75% |
| Insmed Inc 4.62% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.41% |
| BBB Foods Inc 4.29% | Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18% |
| Fox Corp 3.89% | Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75% |
| United Airlines Holdings Inc 3.73% | Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54% |
| Sandisk Corp 3.51% | Micron Technology, Inc. 2.38% |
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 | FTQI | DRKY | FTQI | DRKY | FTQI | |
| 3 months | +11.8% | +4.0% | 3.8% | 2.9% | +9.6 pts | +6.5 pts |
| 6 months | +25.1% | +18.3% | 8.1% | 6.3% | +7.1 pts | −5.9 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +21.5% | not published | 12.0% | not published | −0.3 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +62.9% | not published | 37.0% | not published | −35.3 pts |
| Since launch | +24.1% | +141.7% | 14.1% | 78.8% | +9.7 pts | −675.0 pts |
| DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VistaShares | First Trust |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 14.8% | 11.9% |
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 14.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) | 12.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | +8.1% | +8.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +24.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) | +21.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +14.4% | +21.8% |
| Ahead or behind | +9.7 pts | −0.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 345 days | 4637 days |
| Net assets | $19m | $975m |
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.
FTQI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, DRKY or FTQI?
- DRKY charges 0.95% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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