ODTE vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
ODTE and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets on Oct 19, 2026: $2m for VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF and $67m for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
VAIE costs 0.02 points a year less; VAIE is far larger, $67m against $2m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| ODTE | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.76% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $2m | $67m |
| Benchmark | its own holdings | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 3.4 pts | |
| Price change | fell 7.6% (3 months) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
Not measured
ODTE since launch: paid 7.7%, price −2.6%, total +4.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
ODTE
+4.9%
7.7% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
ODTE since launch: paid 7.7%, price −2.6%, total +4.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
ODTE
+4.9%
7.7% as cash
7.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ODTE since launch: paid 7.7%, price −2.6%, total +4.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ODTE | VAIE | ODTE | VAIE | ODTE | VAIE |
| 3 months | −4.2% | +2.5% | 3.5% | 4.1% | −3.4 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | −1.2% | – | 7.0% | – | not measured | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: ODTE Apr 2026 · VAIE May 2026 | +4.9% | +3.3% | 7.7% | 6.8% | not measured | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About ODTE
Over the 3 months to Oct 20, 2026, ODTE paid 3.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −4.2%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid weekly.
ODTE's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
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