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

Over the year QYLD paid 12.5% of its price in cash against FTQI’s 12.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF and Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
12.5%QYLD cash paid, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year
+23.0%QYLD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: QYLD scores higher

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

FTQI 76QYLD 82.73.8, 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%about even with QQQ
QYLD1.2 pts ahead of QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QYLD+23.0%12.5% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QYLD+23.0%12.5% cash1.2 pts ahead of QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and QYLD hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTQI and QYLD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTQIQYLD
Apple Inc.8.76%7.82%
NVIDIA Corporation6.55%8.54%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.13%4.36%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.5.41%4.02%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)2.75%3.15%
Tesla, Inc.2.68%3.05%
Micron Technology, Inc.2.38%5.05%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)2.06%3.27%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)2.05%3.02%
Broadcom Inc.1.92%2.71%
Cisco Systems, Inc.3.18%1.90%
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A)2.54%1.80%
Only in each
Only in FTQIOnly in QYLD
US Dollar 5.75%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.88%
AbbVie Inc. 1.32%WALMART INC 2.28%
CME Group Inc. 0.97%SANDISK CORP 1.15%
eBay Inc. 0.85%TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 1.08%
Caterpillar Inc. 0.82%CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 1.07%
Expedia Group, Inc. 0.79%CASH 1.01%
F5, Inc. 0.79%MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.94%
Illumina, Inc. 0.76%LINDE PLC 0.93%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTQI and QYLD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTQIQYLDFTQIQYLDFTQIQYLD
3 months+4.0%+3.2%2.9%3.0%+6.5 pts+5.7 pts
6 months+18.3%+14.5%6.3%6.3%−5.9 pts−9.7 pts
1 year+21.5%+23.0%12.0%12.5%−0.3 pts+1.2 pts
3 years+62.9%+55.3%37.0%36.6%−35.3 pts−42.9 pts
Since launch+141.7%+198.3%78.8%116.0%−675.0 pts−644.6 pts
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FTQI and QYLD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
QYLD
Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustGlobal X
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.9%11.8%
Expense ratio0.75%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year12.0%12.5%
Price change, 1 year+8.0%+9.1%
Total return, 1 year+21.5%+23.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−0.3 pts+1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age4637 days4663 days
Net assets$975m$8.5bn

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.

QYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLD paid 12.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTQI or QYLD?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.5%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, FTQI returned +21.5% and QYLD returned +23.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QYLD returned more.
Which is cheaper, FTQI or QYLD?
FTQI charges 0.75% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FTQI against QYLD, 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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