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GPIQ vs QVOL: which paid, and which earned it?

GPIQ and QVOL both write options for income.

Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF and Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF.

11.0%GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
4.2%QVOL cash paid, 1 year
+21.4%GPIQ total return, 1 year
+4.3%QVOL total return, 1 year
GPIQAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%GPIQ+21.4%11.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%GPIQ+21.4%about even with QQQ
QVOL2.1 pts ahead of QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+2.1%QVOL+4.3%4.2% as cash2.1 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+2.1%QVOL+4.3%2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and QVOL hold 67% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIQ and QVOL both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIQQVOL
NVIDIA CORP7.48%8.53%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC5.62%4.53%
AMAZON.COM INC4.20%7.61%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4.11%6.17%
MICROSOFT CORP3.96%5.05%
ALPHABET INC3.54%4.70%
INTEL CORP3.01%3.01%
META PLATFORMS INC2.78%3.14%
BROADCOM INC2.69%3.42%
ALPHABET INC2.57%4.69%
APPLE INC6.59%2.33%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2.51%1.52%
Only in each
Only in GPIQOnly in QVOL
TESLA INC 3.17%Oracle Corp 2.53%
WALMART INC 2.12%ON Semiconductor Corp 0.64%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.97%GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc 0.59%
LINDE PLC 1.11%Atlassian Corp 0.33%
PEPSICO INC 0.83%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.81%
GILEAD SCIENCES INC 0.73%
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 0.65%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GPIQ and QVOL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIQQVOLGPIQQVOLGPIQQVOL
3 months−1.7%−3.7%2.5%3.0%+0.8 pts−1.2 pts
6 months+20.5%not published5.9%not published−3.7 ptsnot published
1 year+21.4%not published11.0%not published−0.4 ptsnot published
Since launch+98.3%+4.3%38.2%4.2%−15.0 pts+2.1 pts
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GPIQ and QVOL on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIQ
Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
QVOL
Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsInfrastructure Capital
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.5%12.6%
Expense ratio0.29%0.82%
Cash paid, 1 year11.0%4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+9.3%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+21.4%+4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+2.1%
Ahead or behind−0.4 pts+2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1058 days129 days
Net assets$5.8bn$8m

GPIQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIQ paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.4%. 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 10.5%, paid monthly.

QVOL in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 12, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, QVOL paid 4.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +2.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, GPIQ or QVOL?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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GPIQ against QVOL, 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, GPIQ against QVOL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gpiq-vs-qvol Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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