Which is cheaper, FTHI or ROCQ?

FTHI charges 0.75% 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

FTHI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTHI and ROCQ both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and $770m for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

FTHI on its own →ROCQ on its own →

At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 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%

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.

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

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCQ costs 0.40 points a year less; FTHI is 3.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	ROCQ
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	ROCQ
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	not published
Price change	fell 1.2% (1 year)	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	ROCQ
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	ROCQ
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.5bn	$770m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	ROCQ
Holdings in common	36%

Method

What they share

36%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and ROCQ hold 36% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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36% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI ROCQ

Apple Inc. 7.86% 8.27%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 8.94%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 7.25%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 4.95%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 2.71%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44% 5.12%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06% 1.31%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 3.36%

Tesla, Inc. 1.09% 2.99%

Johnson & Johnson 1.13% 1.00%

Micron Technology, Inc. 0.95% 5.12%

AbbVie Inc. 1.16% 0.78%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99%

Bank of America Corporation 1.97%

Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 1.86%

Amgen Inc. 1.68%

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.45%

Linde Plc 1.27%

Only in ROCQ

ANALOG DEVICES INC 2.38%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 2.35%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.02%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.75%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 1.75%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 1.18%

SHOPIFY INC COMMON STOCK 1.00%

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.96%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 11.6%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −1.2% +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% not published

Age 12.8 years 230 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.5bn $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: FTHI vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	ROCQ	FTHI	ROCQ	FTHI	ROCQ
3 months	−0.5%	−3.5%	2.2%	2.7%	−0.3 pts	−0.1 pts
6 months	+2.5%	−1.2%	4.4%	5.8%	−2.5 pts	−0.8 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 · ROCQ Mar 2026	+155.0%	+11.9%	84.3%	7.8%	−262.6 pts	−5.2 pts

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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.

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, FTHI or ROCQ?: FTHI charges 0.75% 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

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 →ROCQ on its own →FTHI dividend history →FTHI holdings →ROCQ dividend history →ROCQ 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 ↗

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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