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ODTE vs PAPI: which paid, and which earned it?

ODTE and PAPI both write options for income.

VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF and Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF.

6.7%ODTE cash paid, 1 year
7.9%PAPI cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%ODTE total return, 1 year
+12.8%PAPI total return, 1 year
ODTE10.5 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.7%ODTE+6.2%6.7% of it arrived as cash10.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.7%ODTE+6.2%10.5 pts behind SPY
PAPI3.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%7.9% of it arrived as cash3.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%3.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ODTEOnly in PAPI
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 33.70%Corning, Inc. 1.01%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 33.27%TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.81%
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 33.03%Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.77%
Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Royalty Pharma plc 0.73%
Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Avnet, Inc. 0.71%
Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.71%

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.

Performance, window by window

ODTE and PAPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ODTEPAPIODTEPAPIODTEPAPI
3 months−4.8%+4.7%3.4%2.0%−7.0 pts+2.5 pts
6 monthsnot published+5.6%not published4.0%not published−12.4 pts
1 yearnot published+12.8%not published7.9%not published−3.8 pts
Since launch+6.2%+35.6%6.7%22.5%−10.5 pts−49.6 pts
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ODTE and PAPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ODTE
VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying weekly
PAPI
Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVegaSharesParametric
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.1%7.2%
Expense ratio0.68%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year6.7% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)7.9%
Price change, 1 year−0.3%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+6.2% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)+12.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.5 pts−3.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age169 days1065 days
Net assets$3m$400m

ODTE in plain words

Over the period since launch on Apr 2, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ODTE paid 6.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.2%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.1%, paid weekly.

PAPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PAPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ODTE or PAPI?
ODTE charges 0.68% a year and PAPI charges 0.29%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ODTE against PAPI, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, ODTE against PAPI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/odte-vs-papi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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