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ISPY vs ROCQ: which paid, and which earned it?

ISPY and ROCQ both write options for income.

ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

5.6%ISPY cash paid, 1 year
5.8%ROCQ cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ISPY total return, 1 year
+18.0%ROCQ total return, 1 year
ISPY3.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ISPY+13.5%5.6% as cash3.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ISPY+13.5%3.1 pts behind SPY
ROCQ4 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%5.8% as cash4 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%4 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and ROCQ hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ISPY and ROCQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingISPYROCQ
NVIDIA Corp.7.07%8.37%
Apple, Inc.6.31%7.12%
Microsoft Corp.4.60%5.03%
Amazon.com, Inc.3.64%4.52%
Alphabet, Inc.3.05%6.30%
Broadcom, Inc.2.92%2.93%
Meta Platforms, Inc.1.91%2.94%
Tesla, Inc.1.69%2.94%
Micron Technology, Inc.1.50%6.70%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.1.16%4.74%
Johnson & Johnson0.75%0.95%
Intel Corp.0.74%3.58%
Only in each
Only in ISPYOnly in ROCQ
ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56%ASML Holding NV 1.60%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.42%Marvell Technology, Inc. 0.55%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.21%Shopify, Inc. 0.51%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.20%Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 0.49%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.11%MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.46%
Visa, Inc. 0.76%ARM Holdings plc 0.44%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.66%Nebius Group NV 0.36%
Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.58%Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 0.34%

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

ISPY and ROCQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ISPYROCQISPYROCQISPYROCQ
3 months+1.4%0.0%1.5%3.0%−0.8 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+14.7%+20.0%3.6%5.9%−3.3 pts−4.2 pts
1 year+13.5%not published5.6%not published−3.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+53.4%+18.0%25.8%5.8%−14.5 pts−4.0 pts
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ISPY and ROCQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ISPY
ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
ROCQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerProSharesJPMorgan
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.8%10.6%
Expense ratio0.56%not published
Cash paid, 1 year5.6%5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+7.6%+12.0%
Total return, 1 year+13.5%+18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.9%
Ahead or behind−3.1 pts−4.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1003 days183 days
Net assets$1.2bn$629m

ISPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ISPY paid 5.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.8%, paid monthly.

ROCQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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ISPY against ROCQ, 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, ISPY against ROCQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ispy-vs-rocq Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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