Data as of .
FDND vs XQQI: which paid, and which earned it?
FDND and XQQI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and XQQI hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | XQQI |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 4.37% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 3.50% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 3.24% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 2.78% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 2.14% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 1.39% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 0.55% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) | 2.62% | 0.30% |
| DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) | 2.46% | 0.28% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) | 2.36% | 0.22% |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 1.52% | 0.17% |
| Copart, Inc. | 0.84% | 0.11% |
| Only in FDND | Only in XQQI |
|---|---|
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | NVIDIA Corp 8.26% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | Apple Inc 7.25% |
| Oracle Corporation 4.08% | Micron Technology Inc 5.94% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | Microsoft Corp 4.72% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.36% |
| Ciena Corporation 1.69% | Tesla Inc 3.55% |
| Carvana Co. (Class A) 1.59% | Intel Corp 3.27% |
| eBay Inc. 1.51% | Broadcom Inc 2.99% |
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 | XQQI | FDND | XQQI | FDND | XQQI | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | −2.7% | 2.0% | 4.8% | +8.5 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +21.8% | 4.3% | 11.4% | +4.8 pts | −2.4 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | not published | 7.1% | not published | −14.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +14.3% | 20.4% | 13.7% | −0.5 pts | −2.9 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | NEOS |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 20.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.98% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 13.7% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | −0.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +14.3% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +17.3% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 911 days | 227 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $351m |
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.
XQQI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XQQI paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.3% 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 20.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FDND or XQQI?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so FDND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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