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

OEI and ROCY both write options for income.

Optimized Equity Income ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

8.6%OEI cash paid, 1 year
3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
+14.4%OEI total return, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY 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%8.6% cash0.9 pts behind SPY
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, OEI and ROCY hold 59% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions OEI and ROCY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingOEIROCY
NVIDIA Corp8.32%8.37%
Microsoft Corp5.99%4.97%
Apple Inc4.28%6.71%
Amazon.com Inc4.56%4.15%
Alphabet Inc3.48%5.33%
Broadcom Inc3.04%2.61%
Micron Technology Inc2.57%3.00%
Meta Platforms Inc2.18%2.43%
Mastercard Inc1.57%1.57%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.56%1.69%
Eli Lilly & Co1.80%1.47%
AbbVie Inc1.57%1.46%
Only in each
Only in OEIOnly in ROCY
Alphabet Inc 2.79%Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.07%Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.89%CSX Corp. 1.21%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.65%Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 1.04%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.54%Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.92%
General Electric Co 1.41%Lowe's Cos., Inc. 0.87%
Chevron Corp 1.31%Trane Technologies plc 0.85%
Home Depot Inc/The 1.17%EOG Resources, Inc. 0.80%

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 ROCY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OEIROCYOEIROCYOEIROCY
3 months+4.8%+2.6%2.3%1.7%+2.5 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+12.5%+14.8%4.9%3.7%−5.6 pts−3.3 pts
Since launch+14.4%+13.5%8.6%3.6%−0.9 pts−2.9 pts
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OEI and ROCY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OEI
Optimized Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerCore AlternativeJPMorgan
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.2%5.7%
Expense ratio1.02%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+5.2%+9.7%
Total return, 1 year+14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+15.3%+16.4%
Ahead or behind−0.9 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age331 days183 days
Net assets$46m$726m

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.

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, OEI or ROCY?
OEI charges 1.02% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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