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

GPIX and QVOL both write options for income.

Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF and Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF.

8.8%GPIX cash paid, 1 year
4.2%QVOL cash paid, 1 year
+17.0%GPIX total return, 1 year
+4.3%QVOL total return, 1 year
GPIXAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%GPIX+17.0%8.8% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%GPIX+17.0%8.8% cashabout even with SPY
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, GPIX and QVOL hold 42% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GPIX and QVOL both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGPIXQVOL
NVIDIA CORP7.33%8.53%
ALPHABET INC4.37%4.70%
MICROSOFT CORP3.90%5.05%
AMAZON.COM INC3.39%7.61%
BROADCOM INC2.80%3.42%
APPLE INC6.47%2.33%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.02%4.53%
META PLATFORMS INC1.67%3.14%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.48%6.17%
ALPHABET INC1.46%4.69%
INTEL CORP1.02%3.01%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0.90%1.52%
Only in each
Only in GPIXOnly in QVOL
TESLA INC 1.89%ASML Holding NV 2.25%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 1.51%PDD Holdings Inc 0.94%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 1.48%GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc 0.59%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.36%MercadoLibre Inc 0.52%
VISA INC 0.99%Atlassian Corp 0.33%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.96%ARM Holdings PLC 0.25%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95%Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.18%
WALMART INC 0.83%

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

GPIX and QVOL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GPIXQVOLGPIXQVOLGPIXQVOL
3 months+2.6%−3.7%2.1%3.0%+0.3 pts−1.2 pts
6 months+16.6%not published4.7%not published−1.4 ptsnot published
1 year+17.0%not published8.8%not published+0.4 ptsnot published
Since launch+80.7%+4.3%30.5%4.2%−10.8 pts+2.1 pts
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GPIX and QVOL on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GPIX
Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
QVOL
Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerGoldman SachsInfrastructure Capital
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.6%12.6%
Expense ratio0.29%0.82%
Cash paid, 1 year8.8%4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+7.4%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+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

GPIX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIX paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, 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, GPIX or QVOL?
GPIX charges 0.29% a year and QVOL charges 0.82%, so GPIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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