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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTHI and KIQQ both write options for income.

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Net assets: $2.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF, and $2.4m on Nov 4, 2026 for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF.

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At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

6.9%

KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+0.9%

KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 2026

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% of it arrived as cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

8.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

KIQQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ

+0.9%

QQQ

+11.3%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

6.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTHI costs 0.04 points a year less; FTHI is far larger, $2.5bn against $2.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	KIQQ
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	KIQQ
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	not published
Price change	fell 1.2% (1 year)	fell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	KIQQ
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	KIQQ
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.5bn	$2.3m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	KIQQ
Holdings in common	41%

Method

What they share

41%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and KIQQ hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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41% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI KIQQ

Apple Inc. 7.86% 9.00%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 8.54%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 7.18%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 4.97%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 2.27%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99% 2.99%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 2.72%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44% 2.81%

Amgen Inc. 1.68% 1.26%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 3.37%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.22% 1.98%

Linde Plc 1.27% 1.18%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

Bank of America Corporation 1.97%

Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 1.86%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.22%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.19%

AbbVie Inc. 1.16%

Johnson & Johnson 1.13%

TransDigm Group Incorporated 1.03%

Only in KIQQ

+NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 97.94%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.87%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 1.38%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.34%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.32%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.95%

PEPSICO INC 0.94%

QUALCOMM INC 0.94%

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Side by side

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) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 7.5%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −1.2% −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 99%

Age 12.8 years 301 days

Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and KIQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 $2.5bn $2.4m

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: FTHI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	KIQQ	FTHI	KIQQ	FTHI	KIQQ
3 months	−0.5%	−3.7%	2.2%	1.7%	−0.3 pts	−0.2 pts
6 months	+2.5%	−4.4%	4.4%	3.7%	−2.5 pts	−4.0 pts
1 year	+8.1%	–	8.9%	–	−6.7 pts	–
3 years	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · KIQQ Jan 2026	+155.0%	+0.9%	84.3%	6.9%	−262.6 pts	−10.4 pts

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Alert

About each fund

FTHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 92% 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.

KIQQ

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 7, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, KIQQ paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly. KraneShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

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 to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FTHI on its own →KIQQ on its own →FTHI dividend history →FTHI holdings →KIQQ dividend history →KIQQ holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

KIQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KIQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

KIQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

KraneShares page for KIQQ ↗

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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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