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QDTE vs QRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its price in cash against QRMI’s 11.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $881m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, and $15m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF.

At a glance
34.7%
QDTE cash paid, 1 year
11.6%
QRMI cash paid, 1 year
+13.7%
QDTE total return, 1 year
+3.7%
QRMI total return, 1 year
QDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of QQQ
QDTE
+13.7%
QQQ
+12.3%

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

34.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.6 pts behind QQQ
QRMI
+3.7%
QQQ
+12.3%

8.6 pts behind QQQ

QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QRMI

+3.7%

11.6% as cash

8.6 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.6 pts behind QQQ

QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QRMI

+3.7%

8.6 pts behind QQQ

11.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QRMI costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; QDTE is far larger, $950m against $15m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QDTE vs QRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQDTEQRMI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.7%+3.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 23.4%fell 8.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.96%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$950m$15m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QDTE scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score32.6QDTE27.2QRMI

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 137 weekly returns · each against QQQ
QDTE QRMI
Return
Total return edge QDTE +58.0% +17.2%
Annualized edge QDTE +19.0% +6.2%
Price return edge QRMI −40.2% −15.0%
Risk
Volatility edge QRMI 17.8% 7.2%
Max drawdown edge QRMI −20.5% −8.0%
Downside capture 91.4% 41.4%
Beta 0.85 0.28
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge QDTE 0.83 0.27
Sortino edge QDTE 1.20 0.37
Treynor 0.172 0.071
Calmar edge QDTE 0.92 0.78
Against the benchmark
Alpha +1.1% a year −2.5% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.37 −0.87
Information ratio −0.22 −0.92
Tracking error 5.7% 15.1%
Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, QDTE returned more: +58.0% to +17.2%. QRMI swung less: 7.2% to 17.8%. QRMI fell less at its worst: −8.0% to −20.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: QDTE vs QRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQDTEQRMIQQQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+58.0%+17.2%QDTEPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+19.0%+6.2%QDTETotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−40.2%−15.0%QRMIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility17.8%7.2%QRMISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation12.2%5.3%QRMILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−20.5%−8.0%QRMIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture81.9%19.6%100.0%QDTEShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture91.4%41.4%100.0%QRMIShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.850.281.00QRMI lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.930.601.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.830.27QDTEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.200.37QDTEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1720.0710.159QDTEReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.920.78QDTEAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQQQQQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+1.1% a year−2.5% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.37−0.87Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.8% to +7.1%−8.1% to +3.1%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.22−0.92QDTEReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error5.7%15.1%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 137 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, QDTE and QRMI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QDTE QRMI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QDTE
QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 73.55%
QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.69%
Only in QRMI
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.14%
APPLE INC. 7.60%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.90%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.60%
ALPHABET INC. 3.48%
ALPHABET INC. 3.26%
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Side by side

QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy 0DTE covered call option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 27.9% 12.2%
Expense ratio 0.96% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 34.7% 11.6%
Price change, 1 year −23.4% −8.1%
Total return, 1 year +13.7% +3.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +1.4 pts −8.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 2.7 years 5.2 years
Net assets, QDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 and QRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 $881m $15m

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

Window by window: QDTE vs QRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQDTEQRMIQDTEQRMIQDTEQRMI
3 months−1.6%−0.1%6.3%3.0%+1.8 pts+3.4 pts
6 months+1.6%+1.0%14.3%5.9%+2.0 pts+1.3 pts
1 year+13.7%+3.7%34.7%11.6%+1.5 pts−8.6 pts
3 years–+25.7%–35.0%–−65.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QDTE Mar 2024 · QRMI Aug 2021+55.2%+8.5%75.6%42.0%−2.3 pts−83.2 pts

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About each fund
QDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 23.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.9%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QDTE or QRMI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its starting price in cash and QRMI paid 11.6%, so QDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QDTE or QRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, QDTE returned +13.7% and QRMI +3.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QDTE or QRMI?
QDTE charges 0.96% a year and QRMI charges 0.60%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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