Data as of .
FTQI vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
FTQI and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and ROCY hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTQI | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 8.76% | 6.71% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.13% | 4.15% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.38% | 3.00% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 1.92% | 2.61% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 5.41% | 1.69% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 2.68% | 1.55% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings Plc | 2.17% | 1.38% |
| AbbVie Inc. | 1.32% | 1.46% |
| GE Vernova Inc. | 0.50% | 0.71% |
| CME Group Inc. | 0.97% | 0.47% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 1.24% | 0.23% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 0.19% | 0.39% |
| Only in FTQI | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.55% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% |
| US Dollar 5.75% | Alphabet, Inc. 5.33% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18% | Microsoft Corp. 4.97% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75% | Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54% | Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.06% | Lam Research Corp. 1.76% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 2.05% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.42% | Mastercard, Inc. 1.57% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTQI | ROCY | FTQI | ROCY | FTQI | ROCY | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | +2.6% | 2.9% | 1.7% | +6.5 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +18.3% | +14.8% | 6.3% | 3.7% | −5.9 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | +21.5% | not published | 12.0% | not published | −0.3 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +62.9% | not published | 37.0% | not published | −35.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +141.7% | +13.5% | 78.8% | 3.6% | −675.0 pts | −2.9 pts |
| FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 11.9% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 12.0% | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +8.0% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.5% | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.3 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $975m | $726m |
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.
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FTQI or ROCY?
- FTQI charges 0.75% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTQI against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ftqi-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.