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

FTQI and OEI both write options for income.

First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF and Optimized Equity Income ETF.

12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
8.6%OEI cash paid, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year
+14.4%OEI total return, 1 year
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
OEI0.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%8.6% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and OEI hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTQI and OEI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTQIOEI
NVIDIA Corporation6.55%8.32%
Apple Inc.8.76%4.28%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.13%4.56%
Micron Technology, Inc.2.38%2.57%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)2.75%2.18%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)2.06%3.48%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)2.05%2.79%
Broadcom Inc.1.92%3.04%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.5.41%1.56%
Cisco Systems, Inc.3.18%1.54%
Tesla, Inc.2.68%1.46%
Microsoft Corporation1.41%5.99%
Only in each
Only in FTQIOnly in OEI
US Dollar 5.75%Booking Holdings Inc 1.89%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 2.17%Eli Lilly & Co 1.80%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.42%JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.65%
KLA Corporation 1.29%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.60%
CME Group Inc. 0.97%Mastercard Inc 1.57%
eBay Inc. 0.85%Bank of America Corp 1.38%
Expedia Group, Inc. 0.79%Home Depot Inc/The 1.17%
F5, Inc. 0.79%Visa Inc 1.15%

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 Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTQI and OEI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTQIOEIFTQIOEIFTQIOEI
3 months+4.0%+4.8%2.9%2.3%+6.5 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+18.3%+12.5%6.3%4.9%−5.9 pts−5.6 pts
1 year+21.5%not published12.0%not published−0.3 ptsnot published
3 years+62.9%not published37.0%not published−35.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+141.7%+14.4%78.8%8.6%−675.0 pts−0.9 pts
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FTQI and OEI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
OEI
Optimized Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustCore Alternative
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.9%9.2%
Expense ratio0.75%1.02%
Cash paid, 1 year12.0%8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+8.0%+5.2%
Total return, 1 year+21.5%+14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+15.3%
Ahead or behind−0.3 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days331 days
Net assets$975m$46m

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.

OEI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FTQI or OEI?
FTQI charges 0.75% a year and OEI charges 1.02%, 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 OEI, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTQI against OEI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ftqi-vs-oei Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources