Data as of .
FTHI vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?
FTHI and QVOL both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and QVOL hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | QVOL |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 6.90% | 8.53% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2.94% | 5.05% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 7.61% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 2.41% | 4.70% |
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 2.33% |
| ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) | 2.17% | 2.25% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 3.42% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 1.74% | 4.69% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 1.31% | 3.14% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.26% | 1.36% |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 1.25% | 1.66% |
| Amgen Inc. | 1.37% | 1.11% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in QVOL |
|---|---|
| US Dollar 5.90% | Marvell Technology Inc 4.30% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% | Oracle Corp 2.53% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Lam Research Corp 1.47% |
| Bank of America Corporation 2.22% | QUALCOMM Inc 1.22% |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.74% | Autodesk Inc 1.17% |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.27% | Texas Instruments Inc 1.15% |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.11% | Cadence Design Systems Inc 1.13% |
| Linde Plc 1.11% | DoorDash Inc 1.08% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | QVOL | FTHI | QVOL | FTHI | QVOL | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | −3.7% | 2.2% | 3.0% | −0.6 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | not published | 4.6% | not published | −8.2 pts | not published |
| 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% | +4.3% | 82.6% | 4.2% | −257.8 pts | +2.1 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Infrastructure Capital |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 12.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.82% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | 0.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +2.1% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 129 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $8m |
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.
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, FTHI or QVOL?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTHI against QVOL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-qvol Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.