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IVVW vs QLDY: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QLDY paid 29.2% of its price in cash against IVVW’s 17.5%, though IVVW returned more with it reinvested.

iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF.

17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
29.2%QLDY cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year
+10.6%QLDY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: IVVW scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

IVVW 61.3QLDY 19.13.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

IVVW0.6 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPY
QLDY11.2 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QLDY+10.6%29.2% of it arrived as cash11.2 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QLDY+10.6%11.2 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and QLDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in IVVWOnly in QLDY
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 101.45%Ndx 12/18/2026 2001.44 C 94.80%
USD CASH 0.18%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 4.77%
OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.63%United States Treasury Note/bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 0.53%
Ndxp Us 09/21/26 P29500 0.08%
Xnd 12/18/2026 10.44 C 0.05%
Cash & Other -0.06%
Nasdaq-1 Put Opt 09/26 29650 -0.16%

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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IVVW and QLDY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IVVWQLDYIVVWQLDYIVVWQLDY
3 months+4.6%−6.6%2.6%8.3%+2.4 pts−4.1 pts
6 months+13.1%+20.1%7.9%18.7%−4.9 pts−4.2 pts
1 year+17.2%+10.6%17.5%29.2%+0.6 pts−11.2 pts
Since launch+38.9%+10.6%39.7%29.2%−14.9 pts−11.2 pts
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IVVW and QLDY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
QLDY
Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying weekly
IssueriSharesDefiance
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized7.6%19.6%
Expense ratio0.25%1.04%
Cash paid, 1 year17.5%29.2%
Price change, 1 year−2.0%−20.3%
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+10.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts−11.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age917 days365 days
Net assets$350m$52m

IVVW in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.6%, paid monthly.

QLDY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QLDY paid 29.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.6%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or QLDY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and QLDY paid 29.2%, so QLDY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IVVW or QLDY?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +17.2% and QLDY returned +10.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IVVW returned more.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or QLDY?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and QLDY charges 1.04%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IVVW against QLDY, 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.

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