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FEPI vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?

FEPI and QVOL both write options for income.

REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF and Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF.

23.4%FEPI cash paid, 1 year
4.2%QVOL cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%FEPI total return, 1 year
+4.3%QVOL total return, 1 year
FEPI6.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FEPI+15.7%23.4% of it arrived as cash6.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FEPI+15.7%23.4% as cash6.1 pts behind QQQ
QVOL2.1 pts ahead of QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+2.1%QVOL+4.3%4.2% as cash2.1 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+2.1%QVOL+4.3%2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

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.

Positions FEPI and QVOL both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFEPIQVOL
NVIDIA CORPORATION7.76%8.53%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.9.98%6.17%
AMAZON.COM, INC.5.21%7.61%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION5.19%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 CORPORATION5.24%3.01%
ORACLE CORPORATION5.16%2.53%
APPLE INC.5.14%2.33%
NETFLIX, INC.5.16%1.90%
Only in each
Only in FEPIOnly 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

FEPI and QVOL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FEPIQVOLFEPIQVOLFEPIQVOL
3 months+2.9%−3.7%6.0%3.0%+5.4 pts−1.2 pts
6 months+17.2%not published12.8%not published−7.1 ptsnot published
1 year+15.7%not published23.4%not published−6.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+69.0%+4.3%66.8%4.2%−28.5 pts+2.1 pts
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FEPI and QVOL on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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
IssuerREXInfrastructure Capital
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized24.9%12.6%
Expense ratio0.65%0.82%
Cash paid, 1 year23.4%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 estimatenot publishednot published
Age1073 days129 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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FEPI against QVOL, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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.

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