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

ODTE and XPAY both write options for income.

VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

6.7%ODTE cash paid, 1 year
19.9%XPAY cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%ODTE total return, 1 year
+15.7%XPAY 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
XPAY0.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XPAY+15.7%19.9% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XPAY+15.7%19.9% as cash0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ODTEOnly in XPAY
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 33.70%SPY 02/12/2027 33.47 C 13.75%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 33.27%SPY 07/16/2027 36.7 C 11.79%
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 33.03%SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 11.51%
SPY 04/16/2027 33.87 C 11.49%
SPY 06/11/2027 37.11 C 10.07%
SPY 01/15/2027 33.21 C 6.96%
SPY 12/11/2026 33.1 C 6.40%
SPY 09/10/2027 37.99 C 5.57%

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 XPAY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ODTEXPAYODTEXPAYODTEXPAY
3 months−4.8%+2.0%3.4%5.0%−7.0 pts−0.3 pts
6 monthsnot published+17.8%not published11.1%not published−0.2 pts
1 yearnot published+15.7%not published19.9%not published−0.9 pts
Since launch+6.2%+34.7%6.7%37.5%−10.5 pts−2.3 pts
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ODTE and XPAY 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
XPAY
Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVegaSharesRoundhill
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.1%20.8%
Expense ratio0.68%0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year6.7% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)19.9%
Price change, 1 year−0.3%−5.8%
Total return, 1 year+6.2% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)+15.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.5 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age169 days687 days
Net assets$3m$179m

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.

XPAY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XPAY paid 19.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ODTE or XPAY?
ODTE charges 0.68% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources