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DYLG vs TDAQ: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year TDAQ paid 17.4% of its price in cash against DYLG’s 9.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF and TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
17.4%TDAQ cash paid, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year
+22.8%TDAQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: TDAQ scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

DYLG 72.3TDAQ 74.53.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

DYLGAbout even with DIA · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
DIA+13.5%DYLG+13.8%9.5% of it arrived as cashabout even with DIATotal return, distributions reinvestedDIA+13.5%DYLG+13.8%about even with DIA
TDAQ1 pt ahead of QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%TDAQ+22.8%17.4% of it arrived as cash1 pt ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%TDAQ+22.8%17.4% as cash1 pt ahead of QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in DYLGOnly in TDAQ
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 100.00%
CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.70%
AMGEN INC 4.46%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DYLG and TDAQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
DYLGTDAQDYLGTDAQDYLGTDAQ
3 months+1.9%−1.0%0.8%4.1%+1.5 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+13.0%+22.7%2.1%9.7%−0.9 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+13.8%+22.8%9.5%17.4%+0.3 pts+1.0 pts
3 years+47.0%not published30.8%not published−9.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+44.7%+27.2%30.7%18.0%−8.3 pts+1.2 pts
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DYLG and TDAQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DYLG
Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on DIA, paying monthly
TDAQ
TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XTappAlpha
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized3.1%17.1%
Expense ratio0.35%0.83%
Cash paid, 1 year9.5%17.4%
Price change, 1 year+3.5%+3.4%
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+22.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+13.5%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+0.3 pts+1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate59%not published
Age1150 days379 days
Net assets$6m$248m

DYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.8%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 59% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

TDAQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TDAQ paid 17.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DYLG or TDAQ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting price in cash and TDAQ paid 17.4%, so TDAQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DYLG or TDAQ?
With every distribution reinvested, DYLG returned +13.8% and TDAQ returned +22.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so TDAQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, DYLG or TDAQ?
DYLG charges 0.35% a year and TDAQ charges 0.83%, so DYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DYLG against TDAQ, 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.

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