Which is cheaper, JUDO or QYLG?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and QYLG 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 $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+14.4%

QYLG 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.

QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG

+14.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.20 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	QYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	QYLG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+14.4%
Price change	rose 2.7% (6 months)	fell 3.9% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	QYLG
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts	ahead by 2.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	QYLG
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.35%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026	$7.0m	$183m
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	QYLG
Holdings in common	40%

Method

What they share

40%

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and QYLG hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

40% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO QYLG

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84% 8.13%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64% 5.78%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17% 4.89%

Apple, Inc. 4.38% 7.59%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79% 3.47%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56% 3.09%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99% 4.29%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.56% 1.86%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.39% 2.11%

Lam Research Corp. 1.22% 1.69%

Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.85% 1.16%

Meta Platforms, Inc. 0.79% 2.76%

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Only in JUDO

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Mastercard, Inc. 1.72%

Visa, Inc. 1.70%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

Target Corp. 1.51%

American Express Co. 1.49%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.49%

Only in QYLG

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%

ALPHABET INC. 3.25%

TESLA, INC. 2.60%

WALMART INC. 2.50%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.09%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.95%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1.30%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.25%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer Janus Henderson Global X

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 monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 7.1%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 16.7%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) −3.9%

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +14.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available +2.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%

Age 224 days 6.1 years

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $7.0m $183m

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 QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	QYLG	JUDO	QYLG	JUDO	QYLG
3 months	−1.2%	−0.8%	1.6%	1.6%	+0.5 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	+5.8%	+2.5%	3.1%	4.0%	+0.6 pts	+2.8 pts
1 year	–	+14.4%	–	16.7%	–	+2.1 pts
3 years	–	+72.0%	–	52.1%	–	−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · QYLG Sep 2020	+16.1%	+116.2%	3.8%	76.4%	not measured	−46.8 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.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 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 QYLG?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLG ↗

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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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