Which is cheaper, ISPY or ROCQ?

ISPY charges 0.55% a year and ROCQ charges 0.35%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ISPY vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ISPY and ROCQ both write options for income.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF, and $770m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

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At a glance

6.2%

ISPY cash paid, 1 year

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+11.3%

ISPY total return, 1 year

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

ISPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY

+11.3%

SPY

+14.8%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

3.5 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ROCQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ

+11.9%

QQQ

+17.1%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

7.8% of it arrived as cash

5.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

7.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCQ costs 0.20 points a year less; ISPY is 1.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ISPY vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ISPY	ROCQ
Paid and earned
Measure	ISPY	ROCQ
Total return, 1 year	+11.3%	not published
Price change	rose 4.8% (1 year)	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Against its benchmark
Measure	ISPY	ROCQ
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	ISPY	ROCQ
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$1.1bn	$770m
Holdings
Measure	ISPY	ROCQ
Holdings in common	44%

Method

What they share

44%

By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and ROCQ hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ISPY ROCQ

NVIDIA Corp. 6.80% 8.94%

Apple, Inc. 5.92% 8.27%

Microsoft Corp. 4.80% 7.25%

Amazon.com, Inc. 3.24% 4.95%

Broadcom, Inc. 2.23% 2.71%

Alphabet, Inc. 2.02% 5.12%

Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.60% 3.36%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.38% 5.12%

Tesla, Inc. 1.32% 2.99%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.98% 4.10%

Johnson & Johnson 0.81% 1.00%

Walmart, Inc. 0.58% 4.05%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ISPY

Alphabet, Inc. 2.53%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.22%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.18%

Eli Lilly & Co. 1.16%

Visa, Inc. 0.80%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.56%

Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.53%

Bank of America Corp. 0.52%

Only in ROCQ

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.02%

ASML HOLDING NV NY REG 1.31%

SHOPIFY INC COMMON STOCK 1.00%

ARM HOLDINGS PLC ADR USD 0.26%

ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.24%

INSMED INC COMMON STOCK 0.21%

NEBIUS GROUP NV COMMON 0.21%

CHENIERE ENERGY INC 0.19%

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Side by side

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

Issuer ProShares JPMorgan

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.0% 11.6%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +4.8% +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +11.3% +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind −3.5 pts −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 87% not published

Age 2.9 years 230 days

Net assets, ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 and ROCQ as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.2bn $770m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: ISPY vs ROCQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ISPY	ROCQ	ISPY	ROCQ	ISPY	ROCQ
3 months	−0.5%	−3.5%	1.5%	2.7%	−0.3 pts	−0.1 pts
6 months	+3.8%	−1.2%	3.1%	5.8%	−1.2 pts	−0.8 pts
1 year	+11.3%	–	6.2%	–	−3.5 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: ISPY Dec 2023 · ROCQ Mar 2026	+54.0%	+11.9%	27.1%	7.8%	−15.1 pts	−5.2 pts

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About each fund

ISPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.0%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 87% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

ROCQ

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCQ paid 7.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ISPY or ROCQ?: ISPY charges 0.55% a year and ROCQ charges 0.35%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ISPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ISPY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ISPY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

ProShares page for ISPY ↗

ROCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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