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IQQQ vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?

IQQQ and TPRY both write options for income.

ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

6.5%IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
+17.7%IQQQ total return, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
IQQQ4.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%6.5% as cash4.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%4.1 pts behind QQQ
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQQQ and TPRY hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IQQQ and TPRY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIQQQTPRY
Apple, Inc.6.74%4.91%
Micron Technology, Inc.4.44%13.23%
NVIDIA Corp.7.54%4.39%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.27%12.40%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.3.41%3.70%
Alphabet, Inc.3.25%6.91%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.74%5.35%
Lam Research Corp.1.61%4.08%
Broadcom, Inc.3.11%1.49%
QUALCOMM, Inc.1.09%1.38%
ASML Holding NV0.57%2.63%
Only in each
Only in IQQQOnly in TPRY
ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%
Microsoft Corp. 4.92%Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%
Tesla, Inc. 3.20%Vistra Corp 4.57%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.01%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46%
Intel Corp. 2.33%Boeing Co/The 4.30%
Walmart, Inc. 2.30%NRG Energy Inc 4.18%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.93%Baidu Inc 3.72%
Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.72%American Airlines Group Inc 3.42%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IQQQ and TPRY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IQQQTPRYIQQQTPRYIQQQTPRY
3 months−3.1%−5.9%1.8%3.5%−0.6 pts−8.2 pts
6 months+19.1%+11.9%4.2%8.1%−5.1 pts−6.1 pts
1 year+17.7%not published6.5%not published−4.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+51.5%+2.1%24.4%7.4%−13.0 pts−9.3 pts
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IQQQ and TPRY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IQQQ
ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
TPRY
VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerProSharesVistaShares
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%15.3%
Expense ratio0.97%0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year6.5%7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+10.8%−5.4%
Total return, 1 year+17.7%+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+11.4%
Ahead or behind−4.1 pts−9.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age912 days204 days
Net assets$405m$4m

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.

TPRY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, IQQQ or TPRY?
IQQQ charges 0.97% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so TPRY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IQQQ against TPRY, 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, IQQQ against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/iqqq-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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