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FTQI vs IQQQ: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year FTQI paid 12.0% of its price in cash against IQQQ’s 6.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF and ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
6.5%IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year
+17.7%IQQQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTQI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

FTQI 76IQQQ 69.73.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

FTQIAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% cashabout even with QQQ
IQQQ4.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%6.5% as cash4.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%4.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and IQQQ hold 50% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTQI and IQQQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTQIIQQQ
Apple Inc.8.76%6.74%
NVIDIA Corporation6.55%7.54%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.13%4.27%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.5.41%3.41%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)2.75%2.74%
Tesla, Inc.2.68%3.20%
Micron Technology, Inc.2.38%4.44%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)2.06%3.25%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)2.05%3.01%
Cisco Systems, Inc.3.18%1.93%
Broadcom Inc.1.92%3.11%
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A)2.54%1.46%
Only in each
Only in FTQIOnly in IQQQ
US Dollar 5.75%ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60%
AbbVie Inc. 1.32%Walmart, Inc. 2.30%
CME Group Inc. 0.97%Texas Instruments, Inc. 1.13%
eBay Inc. 0.85%QUALCOMM, Inc. 1.09%
Caterpillar Inc. 0.82%Sandisk Corp. 1.01%
Expedia Group, Inc. 0.79%Linde plc 0.94%
F5, Inc. 0.79%T-Mobile US, Inc. 0.84%
Illumina, Inc. 0.76%Analog Devices, Inc. 0.82%

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

FTQI and IQQQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTQIIQQQFTQIIQQQFTQIIQQQ
3 months+4.0%−3.1%2.9%1.8%+6.5 pts−0.6 pts
6 months+18.3%+19.1%6.3%4.2%−5.9 pts−5.1 pts
1 year+21.5%+17.7%12.0%6.5%−0.3 pts−4.1 pts
3 years+62.9%not published37.0%not published−35.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+141.7%+51.5%78.8%24.4%−675.0 pts−13.0 pts
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FTQI and IQQQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IQQQ
ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustProShares
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.9%5.7%
Expense ratio0.75%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year12.0%6.5%
Price change, 1 year+8.0%+10.8%
Total return, 1 year+21.5%+17.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−0.3 pts−4.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days912 days
Net assets$975m$405m

FTQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.

IQQQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTQI or IQQQ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.5%, so FTQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FTQI or IQQQ?
With every distribution reinvested, FTQI returned +21.5% and IQQQ returned +17.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, FTQI or IQQQ?
FTQI charges 0.75% a year and IQQQ charges 0.97%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FTQI against IQQQ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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