Which is cheaper, FGSI or ROCQ?

FGSI charges 0.85% a year and ROCQ charges 0.35%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FGSI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FGSI and ROCQ both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $770m for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

FGSI on its own →ROCQ on its own →

At a glance

8.3%

FGSI cash paid, 1 year

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+9.0%

FGSI total return, 1 year

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

FGSI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with FTGS

FGSI

+9.0%

FTGS

+8.8%

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

8.3% of it arrived as cash

about even with FTGS

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with FTGS

FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FTGS

+8.8%

FGSI

+9.0%

about even with FTGS

8.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ROCQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ

+11.9%

QQQ

+17.1%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

7.8% of it arrived as cash

5.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

7.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCQ costs 0.50 points a year less; ROCQ is far larger, $770m against $2.0m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FGSI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FGSI	ROCQ
Paid and earned
Measure	FGSI	ROCQ
Total return, 1 year	+9.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.2% (1 year)	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FGSI	ROCQ
Benchmark	First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FGSI	ROCQ
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.0m	$770m
Holdings
Measure	FGSI	ROCQ
Holdings in common	14%

Method

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and ROCQ hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FGSI ROCQ

Broadcom Inc. 2.02% 2.71%

NVIDIA Corporation 1.93% 8.94%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.90% 1.75%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.73% 3.36%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.88% 1.49%

Netflix, Inc. 1.79% 1.40%

Monster Beverage Corporation 2.06% 0.69%

Intuit Inc. 2.11% 0.64%

Mastercard Incorporated 2.10% 0.51%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 1.51% 0.34%

Applovin Corp. (Class A) 1.83% 0.33%

Expedia Group, Inc. 1.96% 0.24%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FGSI

Vertiv Holdings Co (Class A) 2.28%

Eli Lilly and Company 2.25%

United Therapeutics Corporation 2.25%

Blackstone Inc. 2.21%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2.20%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2.18%

General Dynamics Corporation 2.16%

S&P Global Inc. 2.16%

Only in ROCQ

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 8.27%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 7.25%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 5.12%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.12%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.95%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.10%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 4.05%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.99%

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Side by side

FGSI FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against The Growth Strength Index, paying monthly ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.3% 11.6%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.3% 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.2% +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.8% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind +0.2 pts −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 53% not published

Age 1.4 years 230 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.0m $770m

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: FGSI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FGSI	ROCQ	FGSI	ROCQ	FGSI	ROCQ
3 months	−2.2%	−3.5%	2.0%	2.7%	+0.6 pts	−0.1 pts
6 months	+6.3%	−1.2%	4.3%	5.8%	+0.2 pts	−0.8 pts
1 year	+9.0%	–	8.3%	–	+0.2 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · ROCQ Mar 2026	+13.6%	+11.9%	11.3%	7.8%	−0.7 pts	−5.2 pts

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About each fund

FGSI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.0%. First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) returned +8.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 53% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

ROCQ

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCQ paid 7.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FGSI or ROCQ?: FGSI charges 0.85% a year and ROCQ charges 0.35%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FGSI on its own →ROCQ on its own →FGSI dividend history →FGSI holdings →ROCQ dividend history →ROCQ holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FGSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FGSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FGSI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FGSI ↗

ROCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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