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DRKY vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?

DRKY and YYY both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF and Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

14.1%DRKY cash paid, 1 year
12.1%YYY cash paid, 1 year
+24.1%DRKY total return, 1 year
+3.4%YYY total return, 1 year
DRKY9.7 pts ahead of SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+14.4%DRKY+24.1%14.1% of it arrived as cash9.7 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+14.4%DRKY+24.1%14.1% cash9.7 pts ahead of SPY
YYY13.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%12.1% cash13.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%13.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in DRKYOnly in YYY
Natera Inc 25.22%abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 9.17%BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.49%Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32%
YPF SA 4.78%Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30%
Insmed Inc 4.62%PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 4.52%Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98%
Alphabet Inc 4.45%Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66%
Amazon.com Inc 4.42%Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DRKY and YYY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DRKYYYYDRKYYYYDRKYYYY
3 months+11.8%−2.5%3.8%3.1%+9.6 pts−4.8 pts
6 months+25.1%+4.7%8.1%6.5%+7.1 pts−13.3 pts
1 yearnot published+3.4%not published12.1%not published−13.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+37.1%not published37.7%not published−41.3 pts
Since launch+24.1%+117.8%14.1%112.4%+9.7 pts−519.1 pts
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DRKY and YYY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DRKY
VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
YYY
Amplify CEF High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesAmplify
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.8%13.3%
Expense ratio0.95%3.23%
Cash paid, 1 year14.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025)12.1%
Price change, 1 year+8.1%−8.8%
Total return, 1 year+24.1% (since launch on Oct 8, 2025)+3.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+9.7 pts−13.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age345 days5211 days
Net assets$19m$702m

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.

YYY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DRKY or YYY?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so DRKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DRKY against YYY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, DRKY against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/drky-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources