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

ODTE and XYLD both write options for income.

VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF and Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

6.7%ODTE cash paid, 1 year
11.0%XYLD cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%ODTE total return, 1 year
+17.9%XYLD 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
XYLD1.4 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XYLD+17.9%11.0% of it arrived as cash1.4 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XYLD+17.9%11.0% cash1.4 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ODTEOnly in XYLD
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 33.70%NVIDIA CORP 8.24%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 33.27%APPLE INC 7.55%
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 33.03%MICROSOFT CORP 5.61%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.83%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.13%
BROADCOM INC 2.62%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.49%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.26%

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 XYLD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ODTEXYLDODTEXYLDODTEXYLD
3 months−4.8%+4.5%3.4%2.6%−7.0 pts+2.3 pts
6 monthsnot published+12.4%not published5.6%not published−5.6 pts
1 yearnot published+17.9%not published11.0%not published+1.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+44.5%not published32.5%not published−33.9 pts
Since launch+6.2%+191.5%6.7%112.9%−10.5 pts−315.3 pts
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ODTE and XYLD 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
XYLD
Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVegaSharesGlobal X
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.1%8.9%
Expense ratio0.68%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year6.7% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)11.0%
Price change, 1 year−0.3%+5.9%
Total return, 1 year+6.2% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)+17.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.5 pts+1.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published93%
Age169 days4834 days
Net assets$3m$3.4bn

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.

XYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XYLD paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.9%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% 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 XYLD?
ODTE charges 0.68% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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