Data as of .
FDND vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?
FDND and QVOL both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and QVOL hold 30% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | QVOL |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 7.61% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 4.70% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 4.69% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 3.14% |
| Oracle Corporation | 4.08% | 2.53% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 1.90% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 1.40% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 1.36% |
| DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) | 2.46% | 1.08% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) | 2.36% | 0.52% |
| Atlassian Corporation (Class A) | 1.04% | 0.33% |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 1.52% | 0.27% |
| Only in FDND | Only in QVOL |
|---|---|
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | NVIDIA Corp 8.53% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.17% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | Microsoft Corp 5.05% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | Micron Technology Inc 4.53% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.62% | Marvell Technology Inc 4.30% |
| Ciena Corporation 1.69% | Broadcom Inc 3.42% |
| Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.59% | Intel Corp 3.01% |
| eBay Inc. 1.51% | Apple Inc 2.33% |
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 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | QVOL | FDND | QVOL | FDND | QVOL | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | −3.7% | 2.0% | 3.0% | +8.5 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | not published | 4.3% | not published | +4.8 pts | not published |
| 1 year | −0.6% | not published | 7.1% | not published | −14.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +4.3% | 20.4% | 4.2% | −0.5 pts | +2.1 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Infrastructure Capital |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 12.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.82% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | 0.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +2.1% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 129 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $8m |
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.
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, FDND or QVOL?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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