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

Over the year IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against QRMI’s 11.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF.

17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
11.8%QRMI cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year
+8.5%QRMI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: IVVW scores higher

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

IVVW 61.3QRMI 28.43.8, 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
QRMI13.3 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash13.3 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%13.3 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in IVVWOnly in QRMI
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 101.45%NVIDIA CORP 8.49%
USD CASH 0.18%APPLE INC 7.78%
OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.63%MICROSOFT CORP 5.81%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.02%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.33%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.00%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.25%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.13%

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.

Performance, window by window

IVVW and QRMI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IVVWQRMIIVVWQRMIIVVWQRMI
3 months+4.6%+0.6%2.6%3.0%+2.4 pts+3.1 pts
6 months+13.1%+7.3%7.9%6.1%−4.9 pts−17.0 pts
1 year+17.2%+8.5%17.5%11.8%+0.6 pts−13.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+26.7%not published33.5%not published−71.5 pts
Since launch+38.9%+10.4%39.7%40.8%−14.9 pts−89.1 pts
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IVVW and QRMI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
QRMI
Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssueriSharesGlobal X
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.6%12.0%
Expense ratio0.25%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year17.5%11.8%
Price change, 1 year−2.0%−3.8%
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+8.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts−13.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age917 days1849 days
Net assets$350m$15m

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.

QRMI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QRMI paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 QRMI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and QRMI paid 11.8%, so IVVW 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 QRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +17.2% and QRMI returned +8.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IVVW returned more.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or QRMI?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and QRMI charges 0.60%, 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 QRMI, 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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