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OEI vs ROCQ: which paid, and which earned it?

OEI and ROCQ both write options for income.

Optimized Equity Income ETF and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

8.6%OEI cash paid, 1 year
5.8%ROCQ cash paid, 1 year
+14.4%OEI total return, 1 year
+18.0%ROCQ total return, 1 year
OEI0.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%8.6% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%0.9 pts behind SPY
ROCQ4 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%5.8% as cash4 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%4 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, OEI and ROCQ hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions OEI and ROCQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingOEIROCQ
NVIDIA Corp8.32%8.37%
Microsoft Corp5.99%5.03%
Amazon.com Inc4.56%4.52%
Apple Inc4.28%7.12%
Alphabet Inc3.48%6.30%
Broadcom Inc3.04%2.93%
Micron Technology Inc2.57%6.70%
Meta Platforms Inc2.18%2.94%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.56%4.74%
Tesla Inc1.46%2.94%
Intel Corp1.34%3.58%
Walmart Inc1.13%3.50%
Only in each
Only in OEIOnly in ROCQ
Alphabet Inc 2.79%Seagate Technology Holdings plc 2.77%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.07%Analog Devices, Inc. 2.19%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.80%ASML Holding NV 1.60%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.65%Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.52%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.60%Sandisk Corp. 1.08%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.54%NXP Semiconductors NV 0.98%
General Electric Co 1.41%Teradyne, Inc. 0.96%
Bank of America Corp 1.38%Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.77%

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 Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

OEI and ROCQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OEIROCQOEIROCQOEIROCQ
3 months+4.8%0.0%2.3%3.0%+2.5 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+12.5%+20.0%4.9%5.9%−5.6 pts−4.2 pts
Since launch+14.4%+18.0%8.6%5.8%−0.9 pts−4.0 pts
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OEI and ROCQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OEI
Optimized Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
ROCQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerCore AlternativeJPMorgan
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.2%10.6%
Expense ratio1.02%not published
Cash paid, 1 year8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+5.2%+12.0%
Total return, 1 year+14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)+18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+15.3%+21.9%
Ahead or behind−0.9 pts−4.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age331 days183 days
Net assets$46m$629m

OEI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% 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 9.2%, paid monthly.

ROCQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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OEI against ROCQ, 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, OEI against ROCQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/oei-vs-rocq Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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