Data as of .
FTHI vs KIQQ: which paid, and which earned it?
FTHI and KIQQ both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and KIQQ hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | KIQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 8.20% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 6.90% | 8.90% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2.94% | 6.17% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 4.50% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 2.41% | 3.40% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 2.76% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 1.74% | 3.15% |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | 1.74% | 1.82% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 1.31% | 3.31% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.26% | 2.00% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.10% | 5.14% |
| Linde Plc | 1.11% | 0.97% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in KIQQ |
|---|---|
| US Dollar 5.90% | +NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 100.58% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 3.07% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.58% |
| Bank of America Corporation 2.22% | PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.38% |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.11% | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 1.09% |
| ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.09% | MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 1.01% |
| AbbVie Inc. 1.04% | QUALCOMM INC 0.89% |
| Eli Lilly and Company 0.95% | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS 0.85% |
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 Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | KIQQ | FTHI | KIQQ | FTHI | KIQQ | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | −3.2% | 2.2% | 1.9% | −0.6 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +11.9% | 4.6% | 4.5% | −8.2 pts | −12.3 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | not published | 8.9% | not published | −6.9 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +47.9% | not published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +6.0% | 82.6% | 5.8% | −257.8 pts | −9.9 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | KraneShares |
| Strategy | covered call | buffer with income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 6.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.79% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 5.8% (since launch on Jan 7, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | −0.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +6.0% (since launch on Jan 7, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +15.9% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −9.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 254 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $3m |
FTHI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.
KIQQ in plain words
Over the period since launch on Jan 7, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, KIQQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FTHI or KIQQ?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and KIQQ charges 0.79%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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