Data as of .
FEPI vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?
FEPI and QVOL both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and QVOL hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FEPI | QVOL |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 7.76% | 8.53% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 9.98% | 6.17% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. | 5.21% | 7.61% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.19% | 5.05% |
| ALPHABET INC. | 8.83% | 4.70% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 8.91% | 4.53% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 8.05% | 3.42% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | 5.14% | 3.14% |
| INTEL CORPORATION | 5.24% | 3.01% |
| ORACLE CORPORATION | 5.16% | 2.53% |
| APPLE INC. | 5.14% | 2.33% |
| NETFLIX, INC. | 5.16% | 1.90% |
| Only in FEPI | Only in QVOL |
|---|---|
| TESLA, INC. 7.47% | Alphabet Inc 4.69% |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5.17% | Marvell Technology Inc 4.30% |
| United States of America 2.42% | ASML Holding NV 2.25% |
| Fortinet Inc 1.66% | |
| Microchip Technology Inc 1.58% | |
| Applied Materials Inc 1.52% | |
| Lam Research Corp 1.47% | |
| Booking Holdings Inc 1.40% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEPI | QVOL | FEPI | QVOL | FEPI | QVOL | |
| 3 months | +2.9% | −3.7% | 6.0% | 3.0% | +5.4 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +17.2% | not published | 12.8% | not published | −7.1 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +15.7% | not published | 23.4% | not published | −6.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +69.0% | +4.3% | 66.8% | 4.2% | −28.5 pts | +2.1 pts |
| FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly | QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | REX | Infrastructure Capital |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 24.9% | 12.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.82% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 23.4% | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −10.0% | 0.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.7% | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +2.1% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.1 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1073 days | 129 days |
| Net assets | $713m | $8m |
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.
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, FEPI or QVOL?
- FEPI charges 0.65% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FEPI against QVOL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fepi-vs-qvol Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.