Data as of .
IQQQ vs OEI: which paid, and which earned it?
IQQQ and OEI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, IQQQ and OEI hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | IQQQ | OEI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.54% | 8.32% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.92% | 5.99% |
| Apple, Inc. | 6.74% | 4.28% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.27% | 4.56% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.25% | 3.48% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 3.11% | 3.04% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 4.44% | 2.57% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.74% | 2.18% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.41% | 1.56% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.93% | 1.54% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 3.20% | 1.46% |
| Intel Corp. | 2.33% | 1.34% |
| Only in IQQQ | Only in OEI |
|---|---|
| ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60% | Alphabet Inc 2.79% |
| Alphabet, Inc. 3.01% | Johnson & Johnson 2.10% |
| KLA Corp. 1.02% | ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.07% |
| Sandisk Corp. 1.01% | Eli Lilly & Co 1.80% |
| Linde plc 0.94% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.65% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 0.93% | Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.60% |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. 0.84% | AbbVie Inc 1.57% |
| Analog Devices, Inc. 0.82% | Mastercard Inc 1.57% |
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 Jul 31, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQQQ | OEI | IQQQ | OEI | IQQQ | OEI | |
| 3 months | −3.1% | +4.8% | 1.8% | 2.3% | −0.6 pts | +2.5 pts |
| 6 months | +19.1% | +12.5% | 4.2% | 4.9% | −5.1 pts | −5.6 pts |
| 1 year | +17.7% | not published | 6.5% | not published | −4.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +51.5% | +14.4% | 24.4% | 8.6% | −13.0 pts | −0.9 pts |
| IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | OEI Optimized Equity Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | Core Alternative |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 5.7% | 9.2% |
| Expense ratio | 0.97% | 1.02% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 6.5% | 8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | +10.8% | +5.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.7% | +14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +15.3% |
| Ahead or behind | −4.1 pts | −0.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 912 days | 331 days |
| Net assets | $405m | $46m |
IQQQ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
OEI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, IQQQ or OEI?
- IQQQ charges 0.97% a year and OEI charges 1.02%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, IQQQ against OEI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/iqqq-vs-oei Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.