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HAKY vs TECY: which paid, and which earned it?

HAKY and TECY both write options for income.

Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF and GraniteShares YieldBOOST Technology ETF.

11.0%HAKY cash paid, 1 year
17.0%TECY cash paid, 1 year
+39.2%HAKY total return, 1 year
+0.9%TECY total return, 1 year
HAKY13.9 pts behind HACK · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
HACK+53.1%HAKY+39.2%11.0% as cash13.9 pts behind HACKTotal return, distributions reinvestedHACK+53.1%HAKY+39.2%13.9 pts behind HACK
TECY13.7 pts behind XLK · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
XLK+14.6%TECY+0.9%13.7 pts behind XLKTotal return, distributions reinvestedXLK+14.6%TECY+0.9%13.7 pts behind XLK

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HAKY and TECY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in HAKYOnly in TECY
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 9.19%Treasury Bill 100.00%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 8.56%
Okta Inc 6.69%
Fortinet Inc 6.55%
Cloudflare Inc 5.55%
Rubrik Inc 5.43%
Cisco Systems Inc 5.35%
Broadcom Inc 5.12%

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 Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HAKY and TECY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HAKYTECYHAKYTECYHAKYTECY
3 months+18.3%+0.6%4.5%11.2%−5.3 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+43.3%not published10.1%not published−11.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+39.2%+0.9%11.0%17.0%−13.9 pts−13.7 pts
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HAKY and TECY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HAKY
Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF
Covered call on HACK, paying monthly
TECY
GraniteShares YieldBOOST Technology ETF
Synthetic covered call on XLK, paying weekly
IssuerAmplifyGraniteShares
Strategycovered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkCybersecurity (HACK)Technology sector (XLK)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized15.1%39.0%
Expense ratio0.65%1.07%
Cash paid, 1 year11.0% (since launch on Jan 21, 2026)17.0% (since launch on May 5, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+25.5%−16.3%
Total return, 1 year+39.2% (since launch on Jan 21, 2026)+0.9% (since launch on May 5, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+53.1%+14.6%
Ahead or behind−13.9 pts−13.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published50%
Age240 days136 days
Net assets$8m$1m

HAKY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Jan 21, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, HAKY paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 25.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +39.2%. Cybersecurity (HACK) returned +53.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

TECY in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 5, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TECY paid 17.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Technology sector (XLK) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 39.0%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 50% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HAKY or TECY?
HAKY charges 0.65% a year and TECY charges 1.07%, so HAKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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HAKY against TECY, 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.

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