Data as of .
FDND vs ROCQ: which paid, and which earned it?
FDND and ROCQ both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and ROCQ hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | ROCQ |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 6.30% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 4.52% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 2.94% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 1.52% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 0.87% |
| DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) | 2.46% | 0.48% |
| Oracle Corporation | 4.08% | 0.24% |
| Zoom Communications, Inc. (Class A) | 0.80% | 0.21% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 4.36% | 0.11% |
| Veeva Systems Inc. (Class A) | 1.31% | 0.10% |
| HubSpot, Inc. | 0.37% | 0.07% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 4.62% | 0.06% |
| Only in FDND | Only in ROCQ |
|---|---|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.66% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.82% | Apple, Inc. 7.12% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | Micron Technology, Inc. 6.70% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | Microsoft Corp. 5.03% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.62% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.74% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.36% | Lam Research Corp. 4.21% |
| Ciena Corporation 1.69% | Intel Corp. 3.58% |
| Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.59% | Walmart, Inc. 3.50% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | ROCQ | FDND | ROCQ | FDND | ROCQ | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 3.0% | +8.5 pts | +2.5 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +20.0% | 4.3% | 5.9% | +4.8 pts | −4.2 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | not published | 7.1% | not published | −14.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +18.0% | 20.4% | 5.8% | −0.5 pts | −4.0 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 10.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | +12.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +21.9% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −4.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $629m |
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.
ROCQ in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly.
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Where these figures came from
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