Which paid more, FTQI or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, FTQI returned +16.5% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FTQI or YYY?

FTQI charges 0.75% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FTQI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its price in cash against FTQI’s 12.1%, though FTQI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $997m for First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF and $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

12.1%

FTQI cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+16.5%

FTQI total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY total return, 1 year

FTQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTQI costs 2.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.6 points; FTQI is 1.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTQI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTQI	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	FTQI	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 3.5%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTQI	YYY
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	FTQI	YYY
Expense ratio	0.75%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$997m	$674m
Holdings
Measure	FTQI	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Jan 17, 2014 to Oct 30, 2026 · 667 weekly returns

FTQI YYY

Return

Total return edge FTQI +139.5% +66.2%

Annualized edge FTQI +7.0% +4.0%

Price return edge FTQI +8.0% −56.0%

Risk

Volatility edge FTQI 11.8% 14.6%

Max drawdown edge FTQI −18.5% −38.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FTQI 0.47 0.21

Sortino edge FTQI 0.66 0.28

Calmar edge FTQI 0.38 0.10

Reading

From Jan 2014 to Oct 2026, FTQI returned more: +139.5% to +66.2%. FTQI swung less: 11.8% to 14.6%. FTQI fell less at its worst: −18.5% to −38.9%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: FTQI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTQI	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+139.5%	+66.2%	FTQI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.0%	+4.0%	FTQI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+8.0%	−56.0%	FTQI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	11.8%	14.6%	FTQI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	8.4%	11.1%	FTQI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.5%	−38.9%	FTQI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.47	0.21	FTQI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.66	0.28	FTQI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.38	0.10	FTQI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 667 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTQI YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTQI

Apple Inc. 8.98%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.22%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.73%

Amazon.com, Inc. 4.23%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.10%

Tesla, Inc. 3.05%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.67%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.60%

Only in YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Amplify

Strategy covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.75% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.1% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year +3.5% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 18%

Age 12.8 years 14.4 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $997m $674m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: FTQI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTQI	YYY	FTQI	YYY	FTQI	YYY
3 months	+0.4%	−4.9%	3.0%	3.2%	+3.8 pts	not measured
6 months	+6.6%	−4.1%	6.0%	6.2%	+6.9 pts	not measured
1 year	+16.5%	+1.9%	12.1%	12.4%	+4.3 pts	not measured
3 years	+60.8%	+35.2%	38.1%	38.6%	−30.5 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: FTQI Jan 2014 · YYY Jun 2012	+138.8%	+114.4%	81.1%	113.6%	−641.3 pts	not measured

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About each fund

FTQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTQI or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, FTQI returned +16.5% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FTQI or YYY?: FTQI charges 0.75% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so FTQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FTQI on its own →YYY on its own →FTQI dividend history →FTQI holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTQI ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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