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

Over the year FTQI paid 12.0% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF and Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF.

12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
0.3%OVLH cash paid, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year
+9.1%OVLH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTQI scores higher

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

FTQI 76OVLH 61.53.8, 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
OVLH7.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVLH+9.1%7.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and OVLH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in FTQIOnly in OVLH
Apple Inc. 8.76%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
NVIDIA Corporation 6.55%
US Dollar 5.75%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.41%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.13%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75%
Tesla, Inc. 2.68%

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 OVLH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTQIOVLHFTQIOVLHFTQIOVLH
3 months+4.0%+0.5%2.9%0.0%+6.5 pts−1.7 pts
6 months+18.3%+11.0%6.3%0.0%−5.9 pts−7.0 pts
1 year+21.5%+9.1%12.0%0.3%−0.3 pts−7.5 pts
3 years+62.9%+54.7%37.0%1.7%−35.3 pts−23.7 pts
Since launch+141.7%+73.7%78.8%3.1%−675.0 pts−45.2 pts
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FTQI and OVLH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
OVLH
Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay, hedged on SPY, paying annual
IssuerFirst TrustOverlay Shares
Strategycovered callput-selling overlay, hedged
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyannual
Payout rate, annualized11.9%0.3%
Expense ratio0.75%not published
Cash paid, 1 year12.0%0.3%
Price change, 1 year+8.0%+8.8%
Total return, 1 year+21.5%+9.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.3 pts−7.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days2072 days
Net assets$975m$116m

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.

OVLH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annual.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTQI or OVLH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting price in cash and OVLH paid 0.3%, 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 OVLH?
With every distribution reinvested, FTQI returned +21.5% and OVLH returned +9.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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FTQI against OVLH, 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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