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KIQQ vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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KIQQ and YMAG both write options for income.

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Net assets: $2.4m on Nov 4, 2026 for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF, and $268m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.

At a glance
6.9%
KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
33.4%
YMAG cash paid, 1 year
+0.9%
KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
+5.8%
YMAG total return, 1 year
KIQQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind QQQ
KIQQ
+0.9%
QQQ
+11.3%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

6.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YMAG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG
+5.8%
Own
+4.6%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% of it arrived as cash

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

KIQQ costs 0.55 points a year less; YMAG is far larger, $268m against $2.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KIQQ vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKIQQYMAG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+5.8%
Price changefell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)fell 29.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQits own holdings
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%1.34%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$2.3m$268m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first KIQQ YMAG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in KIQQ
+NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 97.94%
APPLE INC 9.00%
NVIDIA CORP 8.54%
MICROSOFT CORP 7.18%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.97%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.32%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.92%
TESLA INC 3.55%
Only in YMAG
YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF 15.10%
YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF 15.04%
YieldMax Amzn Option Income ETF 14.92%
YieldMax Tsla Option Income ETF 14.83%
YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF 13.66%
YieldMax Meta Option Income Strategy ETF 13.26%
YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF 12.23%
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Side by side

KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF · Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly
Strategy buffer with income synthetic covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 7.5% 31.4%
Expense ratio 0.79% 1.34%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) 33.4%
Price change, 1 year −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) −29.4%
Total return, 1 year +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +4.6%
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 11%
Age 301 days 2.8 years
Net assets, KIQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.4m $268m

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: KIQQ vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKIQQYMAGKIQQYMAGKIQQYMAG
3 months−3.7%+3.3%1.7%9.1%−0.2 pts+0.3 pts
6 months−4.4%+1.9%3.7%18.1%−4.0 pts−0.2 pts
1 year–+5.8%–33.4%–+1.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: KIQQ Jan 2026 · YMAG Jan 2024+0.9%+70.3%6.9%91.7%−10.4 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
KIQQ

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 7, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, KIQQ paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly. KraneShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YMAG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, KIQQ or YMAG?
KIQQ charges 0.79% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so KIQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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