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NUGY vs SLJY: which paid, and which earned it?

NUGY and SLJY both write options for income.

GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF and Amplify SILJ Covered Call ETF.

52.9%NUGY cash paid, 1 year
25.9%SLJY cash paid, 1 year
−3.1%NUGY total return, 1 year
+40.0%SLJY total return, 1 year
NUGY30.3 pts behind GDX · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
GDX+27.1%NUGY−3.1%30.3 pts behind GDXTotal return, distributions reinvestedGDX+27.1%NUGY−3.1%30.3 pts behind GDX
SLJY13.2 pts behind SILJ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SILJ+53.2%SLJY+40.0%25.9% of it arrived as cash13.2 pts behind SILJTotal return, distributions reinvestedSILJ+53.2%SLJY+40.0%13.2 pts behind SILJ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in NUGYOnly in SLJY
Treasury Bill 95.75%Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF 24.33%
Treasury Bill 4.25%Hecla Mining Co 6.90%
First Majestic Silver Corp 6.43%
COEUR MINING INC. 6.01%
United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 5.30%
Skeena Resources Ltd 4.48%
Endeavour Silver Corp 4.40%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 4.10%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

NUGY and SLJY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
NUGYSLJYNUGYSLJYNUGYSLJY
3 months−2.3%+9.2%14.3%5.8%−18.0 pts+1.1 pts
6 months−0.5%+15.2%31.6%12.3%−19.7 pts+0.4 pts
1 yearnot published+40.0%not published25.9%not published−13.2 pts
Since launch−3.1%+57.3%52.9%29.1%−30.3 pts−32.0 pts
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NUGY and SLJY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
NUGY
GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF
Synthetic covered call on GDX, paying weekly
SLJY
Amplify SILJ Covered Call ETF
Covered call on SILJ, paying monthly
IssuerGraniteSharesAmplify
Strategysynthetic covered callcovered call
BenchmarkGold miners (GDX)Junior silver miners (SILJ)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized58.4%23.4%
Expense ratio1.07%not published
Cash paid, 1 year52.9% (since launch on Nov 18, 2025)25.9%
Price change, 1 year−52.4%+12.3%
Total return, 1 year−3.1% (since launch on Nov 18, 2025)+40.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.1%+53.2%
Ahead or behind−30.3 pts−13.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate96%not published
Age304 days395 days
Net assets$6m$78m

NUGY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Nov 18, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, NUGY paid 52.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 52.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −3.1%. Gold miners (GDX) returned +27.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 30.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 58.4%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

SLJY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SLJY paid 25.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +40.0%. Junior silver miners (SILJ) returned +53.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.4%, paid monthly.

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NUGY against SLJY, 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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