Data as of .
FDND vs KIQQ: which paid, and which earned it?
FDND and KIQQ both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and KIQQ hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | KIQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 4.50% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 3.40% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 3.31% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 3.15% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 2.00% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 1.39% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 0.58% |
| DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) | 2.46% | 0.38% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) | 2.62% | 0.37% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) | 2.36% | 0.33% |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 1.52% | 0.22% |
| Workday, Inc. (Class A) | 1.32% | 0.19% |
| Only in FDND | Only in KIQQ |
|---|---|
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | +NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 100.58% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | NVIDIA CORP 8.90% |
| Oracle Corporation 4.08% | APPLE INC 8.20% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | MICROSOFT CORP 6.17% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.14% |
| Ciena Corporation 1.69% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.21% |
| Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.59% | TESLA INC 3.19% |
| eBay Inc. 1.51% | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 3.07% |
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.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | KIQQ | FDND | KIQQ | FDND | KIQQ | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | −3.2% | 2.0% | 1.9% | +8.5 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +11.9% | 4.3% | 4.5% | +4.8 pts | −12.3 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | not published | 7.1% | not published | −14.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +6.0% | 20.4% | 5.8% | −0.5 pts | −9.9 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | KraneShares |
| Strategy | option income | buffer with income |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 6.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.79% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 5.8% (since launch on Jan 7, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | −0.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +6.0% (since launch on Jan 7, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +15.9% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −9.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 254 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $3m |
FDND in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, paid monthly.
KIQQ in plain words
Over the period since launch on Jan 7, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, KIQQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FDND or KIQQ?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and KIQQ charges 0.79%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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