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

FTQI and SIOO both write options for income.

First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
11.1%SIOO cash paid, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year
+10.8%SIOO 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
SIOOAbout even with OEF · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
OEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with OEFTotal return, distributions reinvestedOEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%about even with OEF

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and SIOO hold 45% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTQI and SIOO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTQISIOO
Apple Inc.8.76%9.24%
NVIDIA Corporation6.55%9.83%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.13%4.41%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)2.75%3.12%
Micron Technology, Inc.2.38%2.37%
Tesla, Inc.2.68%2.23%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)2.05%3.62%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.5.41%2.00%
Broadcom Inc.1.92%3.57%
Microsoft Corporation1.41%5.91%
Intel Corporation1.14%1.12%
AbbVie Inc.1.32%1.03%
Only in each
Only in FTQIOnly in SIOO
US Dollar 5.75%United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 7.85%
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 2.17%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.03%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.42%JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.99%
KLA Corporation 1.29%Eli Lilly & Co 1.85%
CME Group Inc. 0.97%Visa Inc 1.37%
eBay Inc. 0.85%Walmart Inc 1.05%
Expedia Group, Inc. 0.79%Mastercard Inc 0.97%
F5, Inc. 0.79%Bank of America Corp 0.85%

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 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTQI and SIOO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTQISIOOFTQISIOOFTQISIOO
3 months+4.0%+4.0%2.9%3.7%+6.5 pts+0.7 pts
6 months+18.3%+14.3%6.3%7.9%−5.9 pts−5.8 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%+10.8%78.8%11.1%−675.0 pts−0.2 pts
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FTQI and SIOO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
SIOO
VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF
Covered call on OEF, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 100 (OEF)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.9%15.1%
Expense ratio0.75%not published
Cash paid, 1 year12.0%11.1% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+8.0%−1.1%
Total return, 1 year+21.5%+10.8% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+11.0%
Ahead or behind−0.3 pts−0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days281 days
Net assets$975m$21m

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.

SIOO in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, SIOO paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +11.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources