Which is cheaper, FTQI or KIQQ?

FTQI charges 0.75% a year and KIQQ charges 0.79%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTQI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTQI and KIQQ both write options for income.

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Net assets: $997m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq 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

12.1%

FTQI cash paid, 1 year

6.9%

KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026

+16.5%

FTQI total return, 1 year

+0.9%

KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 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.

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

FTQI costs 0.04 points a year less; FTQI is far larger, $997m against $2.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTQI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTQI	KIQQ
Paid and earned
Measure	FTQI	KIQQ
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	not published
Price change	rose 3.5% (1 year)	fell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTQI	KIQQ
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FTQI	KIQQ
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$997m	$2.3m
Holdings
Measure	FTQI	KIQQ
Holdings in common	52%

Method

What they share

52%

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and KIQQ hold 52% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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52% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTQI KIQQ

Apple Inc. 8.98% 9.00%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.22% 8.54%

Amazon.com, Inc. 4.23% 4.97%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.73% 3.92%

Tesla, Inc. 3.05% 3.55%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.67% 3.37%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.01% 4.32%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.10% 1.98%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.60% 1.93%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.72% 2.99%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.72% 2.81%

Broadcom Inc. 1.64% 2.72%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTQI

AbbVie Inc. 1.48%

CME Group Inc. 1.10%

eBay Inc. 0.94%

Medpace Holdings, Inc. 0.86%

Expedia Group, Inc. 0.84%

Woodward, Inc. 0.81%

Illumina, Inc. 0.79%

DocuSign, Inc. 0.70%

Only in KIQQ

+NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 97.94%

WALMART INC 3.01%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.87%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 1.38%

LINDE PLC 1.18%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 1.17%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.95%

PEPSICO INC 0.94%

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Side by side

FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, 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 Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 7.5%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.1% 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +3.5% −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 99%

Age 12.8 years 301 days

Net assets, FTQI as of Nov 3, 2026 and KIQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 $997m $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: FTQI vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTQI	KIQQ	FTQI	KIQQ	FTQI	KIQQ
3 months	+0.4%	−3.7%	3.0%	1.7%	+3.8 pts	−0.2 pts
6 months	+6.6%	−4.4%	6.0%	3.7%	+6.9 pts	−4.0 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 · KIQQ Jan 2026	+138.8%	+0.9%	81.1%	6.9%	−641.3 pts	−10.4 pts

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Alert

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.

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, FTQI or KIQQ?: FTQI charges 0.75% a year and KIQQ charges 0.79%, so FTQI 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 →KIQQ on its own →FTQI dividend history →FTQI holdings →KIQQ dividend history →KIQQ 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 ↗

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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