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FEPI vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FEPI paid 22.1% of its price in cash against QYLG’s 16.7%, though QYLG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $679m on Nov 3, 2026 for REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF, and $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

At a glance
22.1%
FEPI cash paid, 1 year
16.7%
QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+2.9%
FEPI total return, 1 year
+14.4%
QYLG total return, 1 year
FEPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
FEPI
+2.9%
none

Not measured

FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.1%, price −19.3%, total +2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FEPI

+2.9%

22.1% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.1%, price −19.3%, total +2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FEPI

+2.9%

22.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.1%, price −19.3%, total +2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG
+14.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; FEPI is 4.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FEPI vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFEPIQYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+2.9%+14.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 19.3%fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$744m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common47%

Method

Risk and return

Oct 20, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 158 weekly returns
FEPI QYLG
Return
Total return edge QYLG +62.5% +77.0%
Annualized edge QYLG +17.3% +20.7%
Price return edge QYLG −22.9% +9.6%
Risk
Volatility edge QYLG 19.1% 15.1%
Max drawdown edge QYLG −22.7% −19.3%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge QYLG 0.70 1.03
Sortino edge QYLG 0.99 1.54
Calmar edge QYLG 0.76 1.07
Reading

From Oct 2023 to Oct 2026, QYLG returned more: +77.0% to +62.5%. QYLG swung less: 15.1% to 19.1%. QYLG fell less at its worst: −19.3% to −22.7%.

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Risk and return: FEPI vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFEPIQYLGEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+62.5%+77.0%QYLGPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+17.3%+20.7%QYLGTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−22.9%+9.6%QYLGPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility19.1%15.1%QYLGSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation13.5%10.1%QYLGLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−22.7%−19.3%QYLGDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.701.03QYLGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.991.54QYLGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar0.761.07QYLGAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 158 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

47%

By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and QYLG hold 47% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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47% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FEPI QYLG
APPLE INC. 6.90% 7.59%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.68% 8.13%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.88% 4.29%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.23% 5.78%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.21% 4.89%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6.04% 3.59%
ALPHABET INC. 7.00% 3.47%
BROADCOM INC. 6.95% 3.09%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 4.25% 2.76%
TESLA, INC. 4.22% 2.60%
INTEL CORPORATION 4.10% 2.09%
NETFLIX, INC. 4.21% 1.40%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FEPI
ORACLE CORPORATION 4.23%
Only in QYLG
ALPHABET INC. 3.25%
WALMART INC. 2.50%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.11%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.95%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.86%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.69%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.25%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 1.16%
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Side by side

FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying weekly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer REX Global X
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark none Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 24.9% 7.1%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 22.1% 16.7%
Price change, 1 year −19.3% −3.9%
Total return, 1 year +2.9% +14.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%
Ahead or behind not available +2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%
Age 3.1 years 6.1 years
Net assets, FEPI as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $679m $183m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: FEPI vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFEPIQYLGFEPIQYLGFEPIQYLG
3 months−1.5%−0.8%6.4%1.6%not measured+2.6 pts
6 months−2.4%+2.5%11.2%4.0%not measured+2.8 pts
1 year+2.9%+14.4%22.1%16.7%not measured+2.1 pts
3 years+55.6%+72.0%69.1%52.1%not measured−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FEPI Oct 2023 · QYLG Sep 2020+56.7%+116.2%69.6%76.4%not measured−46.8 pts

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About each fund
FEPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FEPI paid 22.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FEPI or QYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FEPI paid 22.1% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so FEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FEPI or QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +2.9% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FEPI or QYLG?
FEPI charges 0.65% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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