Which is cheaper, JUDO or QDTE?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and QDTE both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF, and $881m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

34.7%

QDTE cash paid, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+13.7%

QDTE total return, 1 year

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE

+13.7%

QQQ

+12.3%

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

34.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.41 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	QDTE
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	QDTE
Total return, 1 year	not published	+13.7%
Price change	rose 2.7% (6 months)	fell 23.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	QDTE
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts	ahead by 1.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	QDTE
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.96%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QDTE as of Nov 4, 2026	$7.0m	$881m
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	QDTE
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO QDTE

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JUDO

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17%

Apple, Inc. 4.38%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Only in QDTE

QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 73.55%

QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.69%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly

Issuer Janus Henderson Roundhill

Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call

Benchmark JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 27.9%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.96%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 34.7%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) −23.4%

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +13.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available +1.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 224 days 2.7 years

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 $7.0m $881m

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: JUDO vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	QDTE	JUDO	QDTE	JUDO	QDTE
3 months	−1.2%	−1.6%	1.6%	6.3%	+0.5 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+5.8%	+1.6%	3.1%	14.3%	+0.6 pts	+2.0 pts
1 year	–	+13.7%	–	34.7%	–	+1.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · QDTE Mar 2024	+16.1%	+55.2%	3.8%	75.6%	not measured	−2.3 pts

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About each fund

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

QDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 23.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.9%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JUDO or QDTE?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →JUDO on its own →QDTE on its own →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →QDTE dividend history →QDTE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

QDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for QDTE ↗

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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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