Which is cheaper, JUDO or QXQ?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QXQ charges 0.98%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026.

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JUDO vs QXQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap

+7.2 pts

6 months to Nov 12, 2026: JUDO ahead, total return

Fee gap

0.43 pts

A year: JUDO 0.55%, QXQ 0.98%, per filings dated Jan 5, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026

Overlap

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Net flow

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Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.43 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs QXQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	QXQ
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	QXQ
Total return, 1 year	not published	+12.1%
Price change	rose 0.3% (6 months)	fell 4.7% (1 year)
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	QXQ
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 1.1 pts	ahead by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	QXQ
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.98%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QXQ as of Aug 31, 2026	$7.0m	$82m
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	QXQ
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Key numbers

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

15.1%

QXQ cash paid, 1 year

+14.4%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+12.1%

QXQ total return, 1 year

JUDO · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+14.4%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +10.5%, total +14.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

JUDO

+14.4%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +10.5%, total +14.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

JUDO

+14.4%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +10.5%, total +14.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QXQ · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ

+12.1%

QQQ

+11.3%

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

QXQ

+12.1%

15.1% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

QXQ

+12.1%

15.1% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

15.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly QXQ SGI Enhanced Nasdaq-100 ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying quarterly

Issuer Janus Henderson SGI

Strategy covered call 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 quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 1.0%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 15.1%

Price change, 1 year +10.5% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) −4.7%

Total return, 1 year +14.4% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +12.1%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +11.3%

Ahead or behind not available +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 232 days 2.4 years

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QXQ as of Aug 31, 2026 $7.0m $82m

As of Nov 12, 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 QXQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	QXQ	JUDO	QXQ	JUDO	QXQ
3 months	−3.1%	−5.4%	1.5%	0.2%	+0.4 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+3.4%	−3.8%	3.1%	0.5%	+1.1 pts	+0.4 pts
1 year	–	+12.1%	–	15.1%	–	+0.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · QXQ Jun 2024	+14.4%	+47.7%	3.8%	22.8%	not measured	+2.2 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 +2.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 12, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid monthly.

QXQ

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, QXQ paid 15.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 1.0%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JUDO or QXQ?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QXQ charges 0.98%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

QXQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QXQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SGI website ↗

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How this is computed

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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JUDO and QXQ

Total return, distributions reinvested, 6 months.

JUDO +3.4%QXQ −3.8%

May 14, 2026Nov 12, 2026

JUDO +3.4%, QXQ −3.8%: JUDO +7.2 pts ahead, 6 months, May 14, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.