Data as of .
DRKY vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?
DRKY and QVOL both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and QVOL hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DRKY | QVOL |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc | 4.45% | 4.70% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.42% | 7.61% |
| Sandisk Corp | 3.51% | 1.13% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 4.52% | 0.87% |
| Only in DRKY | Only in QVOL |
|---|---|
| Natera Inc 25.22% | NVIDIA Corp 8.53% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 9.17% | Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.17% |
| STMicroelectronics NV 7.49% | Microsoft Corp 5.05% |
| YPF SA 4.78% | Alphabet Inc 4.69% |
| Insmed Inc 4.62% | Micron Technology Inc 4.53% |
| BBB Foods Inc 4.29% | Marvell Technology Inc 4.30% |
| CDW Corp/DE 3.92% | Broadcom Inc 3.42% |
| Fox Corp 3.89% | Meta Platforms Inc 3.14% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRKY | QVOL | DRKY | QVOL | DRKY | QVOL | |
| 3 months | +11.8% | −3.7% | 3.8% | 3.0% | +9.6 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +25.1% | not published | 8.1% | not published | +7.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +24.1% | +4.3% | 14.1% | 4.2% | +9.7 pts | +2.1 pts |
| DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VistaShares | Infrastructure Capital |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 14.8% | 12.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.82% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 14.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +8.1% | 0.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +24.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025) | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +14.4% | +2.1% |
| Ahead or behind | +9.7 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 345 days | 129 days |
| Net assets | $19m | $8m |
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.
QVOL in plain words
Over the period since launch on May 12, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, QVOL paid 4.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +2.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.6%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, DRKY or QVOL?
- DRKY charges 0.95% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, so QVOL 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 QVOL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/drky-vs-qvol Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.