Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
OEI vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its price in cash against OEI’s 9.2%, though OEI returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $46m on Jul 31, 2026 for Optimized Equity Income ETF, and $15m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
OEI over 1 year: paid 9.2%, price +3.0%, total +12.9%, SPY +14.8%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
OEI costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | OEI | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +12.9% | +6.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 3.0% | fell 21.3% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.02% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, OEI as of Jul 31, 2026 and YQQQ as of Nov 3, 2026 | $46m | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →
Risk and return
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 52 weekly returnsFrom Oct 2025 to Oct 2026, OEI returned more: +9.7% to +8.5%. OEI swung less: 7.6% to 15.9%. OEI fell less at its worst: −5.6% to −20.5%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | OEI | YQQQ | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +9.7% | +8.5% | OEI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +9.7% | +8.5% | OEI | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +0.1% | −19.9% | OEI | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 7.6% | 15.9% | OEI | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 4.9% | 11.6% | OEI | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −5.6% | −20.5% | OEI | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.76 | 0.36 | OEI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.17 | 0.49 | OEI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 1.75 | 0.42 | OEI | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 52 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, OEI and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
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0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
Window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | OEI | YQQQ | OEI | YQQQ | OEI | YQQQ |
| 3 months | +3.3% | +10.7% | 2.4% | 10.6% | +3.4 pts | +8.0 pts |
| 6 months | +6.3% | +9.0% | 4.7% | 15.9% | +1.3 pts | +11.1 pts |
| 1 year | +12.9% | +6.6% | 9.2% | 26.8% | −1.9 pts | +21.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: OEI Oct 2025 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +15.0% | −10.1% | 9.4% | 40.8% | −1.1 pts | +28.7 pts |
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OEI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OEI paid 9.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.6%, paid monthly.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.
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