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

ODTE and QYLD both write options for income.

VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF and Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

6.7%ODTE cash paid, 1 year
12.5%QYLD cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%ODTE total return, 1 year
+23.0%QYLD total return, 1 year
ODTE10.5 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.7%ODTE+6.2%6.7% as cash10.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.7%ODTE+6.2%10.5 pts behind SPY
QYLD1.2 pts ahead of QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QYLD+23.0%12.5% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QYLD+23.0%12.5% cash1.2 pts ahead of QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ODTEOnly in QYLD
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 33.70%NVIDIA CORP 8.54%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 33.27%APPLE INC 7.82%
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 33.03%MICROSOFT CORP 5.84%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.05%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.36%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.02%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.27%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.15%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ODTE and QYLD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ODTEQYLDODTEQYLDODTEQYLD
3 months−4.8%+3.2%3.4%3.0%−7.0 pts+5.7 pts
6 monthsnot published+14.5%not published6.3%not published−9.7 pts
1 yearnot published+23.0%not published12.5%not published+1.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+55.3%not published36.6%not published−42.9 pts
Since launch+6.2%+198.3%6.7%116.0%−10.5 pts−644.6 pts
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ODTE and QYLD 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
QYLD
Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerVegaSharesGlobal X
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.1%11.8%
Expense ratio0.68%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year6.7% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)12.5%
Price change, 1 year−0.3%+9.1%
Total return, 1 year+6.2% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)+23.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.7%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−10.5 pts+1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age169 days4663 days
Net assets$3m$8.5bn

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.

QYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLD paid 12.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ODTE or QYLD?
ODTE charges 0.68% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources