FTQI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
FTQI and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $1.0bn on Oct 20, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
VAIE costs 0.01 points a year less; FTQI is 15.3 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| FTQI | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $1.0bn | $67m |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.7% | not published |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Price change | rose 5.5% (1 year) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
0.8 pts ahead of QQQ
FTQI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price +5.5%, total +18.7%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
QQQ
+17.9%
FTQI
+18.7%
11.9% of it arrived as cash
0.8 pts ahead of QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.8 pts ahead of QQQ
FTQI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price +5.5%, total +18.7%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
QQQ
+17.9%
FTQI
+18.7%
11.9% cash
0.8 pts ahead of QQQ
11.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTQI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price +5.5%, total +18.7%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | FTQI | VAIE | FTQI | VAIE | FTQI | VAIE |
| 3 months | +2.3% | +2.5% | 2.0% | 4.1% | +1.0 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +11.2% | – | 5.1% | – | −0.4 pts | – |
| 1 year | +18.7% | – | 11.9% | – | +0.8 pts | – |
| 3 years | +68.7% | – | 38.8% | – | −37.1 pts | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: FTQI Jan 2014 · VAIE May 2026 | +142.5% | +3.3% | 80.0% | 6.8% | −670.3 pts | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About FTQI
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, FTQI paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
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