Which is cheaper, FTQI or JUDO?

FTQI charges 0.75% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTQI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTQI and JUDO both write options for income.

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Net assets: $997m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF, and $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

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At a glance

12.1%

FTQI cash paid, 1 year

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+16.5%

FTQI total return, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

FTQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.20 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTQI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTQI	JUDO
Paid and earned
Measure	FTQI	JUDO
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	not published
Price change	rose 3.5% (1 year)	rose 2.7% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTQI	JUDO
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 4.2 pts	ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FTQI	JUDO
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.55%
Net assets, FTQI as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026	$997m	$7.0m
Holdings
Measure	FTQI	JUDO
Holdings in common	32%

Method

What they share

32%

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and JUDO hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTQI JUDO

NVIDIA Corporation 6.22% 7.84%

Apple Inc. 8.98% 4.38%

Amazon.com, Inc. 4.23% 5.17%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.01% 1.99%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.72% 6.79%

Broadcom Inc. 1.64% 3.56%

Microsoft Corporation 1.55% 6.64%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.10% 1.39%

AbbVie Inc. 1.48% 1.29%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.59% 1.24%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.00% 1.56%

Lam Research Corporation 0.99% 1.22%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTQI

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.73%

Tesla, Inc. 3.05%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.60%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.72%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.54%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.43%

KLA Corporation 1.16%

Amgen Inc. 1.08%

Only in JUDO

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Mastercard, Inc. 1.72%

Visa, Inc. 1.70%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

Target Corp. 1.51%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.49%

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1.49%

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Side by side

FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Janus Henderson

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 6.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.1% 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +3.5% +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% not published

Age 12.8 years 224 days

Net assets, FTQI as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 $997m $7.0m

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: FTQI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTQI	JUDO	FTQI	JUDO	FTQI	JUDO
3 months	+0.4%	−1.2%	3.0%	1.6%	+3.8 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+6.6%	+5.8%	6.0%	3.1%	+6.9 pts	+0.6 pts
1 year	+16.5%	–	12.1%	–	+4.3 pts	–
3 years	+60.8%	–	38.1%	–	−30.5 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTQI Jan 2014 · JUDO Mar 2026	+138.8%	+16.1%	81.1%	3.8%	−641.3 pts	not measured

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About each fund

FTQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 99% 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.

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FTQI or JUDO?: FTQI charges 0.75% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FTQI on its own →JUDO on its own →FTQI dividend history →FTQI holdings →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTQI ↗

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson 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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