Data as of .
ODTE vs RDVI: which paid, and which earned it?
ODTE and RDVI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ODTE and RDVI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in ODTE | Only in RDVI |
|---|---|
| Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 33.70% | Lam Research Corporation 2.31% |
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 33.27% | Applied Materials, Inc. 2.30% |
| Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 33.03% | The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% |
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% | |
| GE Vernova Inc. 2.19% | |
| Micron Technology, Inc. 2.18% | |
| KLA Corporation 2.16% | |
| NVIDIA Corporation 2.16% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODTE | RDVI | ODTE | RDVI | ODTE | RDVI | |
| 3 months | −4.8% | +0.3% | 3.4% | 2.1% | −7.0 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +15.1% | not published | 4.6% | not published | +2.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +19.2% | not published | 8.8% | not published | −8.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts |
| Since launch | +6.2% | +101.2% | 6.7% | 41.0% | −10.5 pts | +32.0 pts |
| ODTE VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying weekly | RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VegaShares | First Trust |
| Strategy | covered call | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 14.1% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.68% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 6.7% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026) | 8.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.3% | +9.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +6.2% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026) | +19.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.7% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −10.5 pts | −8.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 169 days | 1429 days |
| Net assets | $3m | $3.7bn |
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.
RDVI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, ODTE or RDVI?
- ODTE charges 0.68% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so ODTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, ODTE against RDVI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/odte-vs-rdvi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.