Data as of .
FTQI vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
FTQI and TPRY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and TPRY hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTQI | TPRY |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 8.76% | 4.91% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 6.55% | 4.39% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.13% | 12.40% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 5.41% | 3.70% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 2.75% | 5.35% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.38% | 13.23% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 2.05% | 6.91% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 1.92% | 1.49% |
| Lam Research Corporation | 1.24% | 4.08% |
| Only in FTQI | Only in TPRY |
|---|---|
| US Dollar 5.75% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18% | Uber Technologies Inc 5.23% |
| Tesla, Inc. 2.68% | Vistra Corp 4.57% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 2.17% | Boeing Co/The 4.30% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.06% | NRG Energy Inc 4.18% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.42% | Baidu Inc 3.72% |
| Microsoft Corporation 1.41% | American Airlines Group Inc 3.42% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTQI | TPRY | FTQI | TPRY | FTQI | TPRY | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | −5.9% | 2.9% | 3.5% | +6.5 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | +18.3% | +11.9% | 6.3% | 8.1% | −5.9 pts | −6.1 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% | +2.1% | 78.8% | 7.4% | −675.0 pts | −9.3 pts |
| FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | VistaShares |
| 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% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 12.0% | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +8.0% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.5% | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.3 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | $975m | $4m |
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.
TPRY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FTQI or TPRY?
- FTQI charges 0.75% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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