Data as of .
IQQQ vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
IQQQ and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, IQQQ and ROCY hold 47% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | IQQQ | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.54% | 8.37% |
| Apple, Inc. | 6.74% | 6.71% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.92% | 4.97% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.27% | 4.15% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.25% | 5.33% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 4.44% | 3.00% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 3.11% | 2.61% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.74% | 2.43% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.41% | 1.69% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 1.61% | 1.76% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 3.20% | 1.55% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 0.78% | 1.38% |
| Only in IQQQ | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60% | Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15% |
| Alphabet, Inc. 3.01% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.93% | Mastercard, Inc. 1.57% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. 1.45% | Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. 1.13% | AbbVie, Inc. 1.46% |
| QUALCOMM, Inc. 1.09% | Bank of America Corp. 1.31% |
| KLA Corp. 1.02% | Philip Morris International, Inc. 1.23% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 0.93% | American Express Co. 1.07% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQQQ | ROCY | IQQQ | ROCY | IQQQ | ROCY | |
| 3 months | −3.1% | +2.6% | 1.8% | 1.7% | −0.6 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +19.1% | +14.8% | 4.2% | 3.7% | −5.1 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | +17.7% | not published | 6.5% | not published | −4.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +51.5% | +13.5% | 24.4% | 3.6% | −13.0 pts | −2.9 pts |
| IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.97% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 6.5% | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +10.8% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.7% | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −4.1 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 912 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $405m | $726m |
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.
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, IQQQ or ROCY?
- IQQQ charges 0.97% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY 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 ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/iqqq-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.