Data as of .
FDND vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
FDND and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and ROCY hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 5.33% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 4.15% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 2.43% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 4.36% | 0.35% |
| Oracle Corporation | 4.08% | 0.25% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 4.62% | 0.23% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 0.23% |
| Only in FDND | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.66% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.65% | Apple, Inc. 6.71% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. 4.28% | Microsoft Corp. 4.97% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | Broadcom, Inc. 2.61% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.62% | Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15% |
| DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.46% | Lam Research Corp. 1.76% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.36% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.69% |
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 | ROCY | FDND | ROCY | FDND | ROCY | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | +2.6% | 2.0% | 1.7% | +8.5 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +14.8% | 4.3% | 3.7% | +4.8 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | not published | 7.1% | not published | −14.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +13.5% | 20.4% | 3.6% | −0.5 pts | −2.9 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $726m |
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.
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FDND or ROCY?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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