Data as of .
DUBS vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?
DUBS and QVOL both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DUBS and QVOL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in DUBS | Only in QVOL |
|---|---|
| State Street SPDR Portfolio S& 74.61% | NVIDIA Corp 8.53% |
| BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core E 25.28% | Amazon.com Inc 7.61% |
| TREASURY BILL 0.11% | Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.17% |
| Microsoft Corp 5.05% | |
| Alphabet Inc 4.70% | |
| Alphabet Inc 4.69% | |
| Micron Technology Inc 4.53% | |
| Marvell Technology Inc 4.30% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUBS | QVOL | DUBS | QVOL | DUBS | QVOL | |
| 3 months | +3.2% | −3.7% | 0.5% | 3.0% | +1.0 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +20.3% | not published | 1.2% | not published | +2.3 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +20.3% | not published | 2.3% | not published | +3.7 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +80.1% | not published | 9.1% | not published | +1.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +84.4% | +4.3% | 9.3% | 4.2% | +2.4 pts | +2.1 pts |
| DUBS Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF Option income on SPY, paying quarterly | QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Aptus | Infrastructure Capital |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | quarterly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 2.1% | 12.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.40% | 0.82% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 2.3% | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +17.6% | 0.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.3% | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +2.1% |
| Ahead or behind | +3.7 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1192 days | 129 days |
| Net assets | $353m | $8m |
DUBS in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DUBS paid 2.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 17.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.1%, paid quarterly.
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, DUBS or QVOL?
- DUBS charges 0.40% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, so DUBS 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, DUBS against QVOL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/dubs-vs-qvol Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.