QDTE vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
QDTE and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $913m on Oct 20, 2026 for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
VAIE costs 0.22 points a year less; QDTE is 13.7 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| QDTE | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.96% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $913m | $67m |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.1% | not published |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Price change | fell 20.6% (1 year) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
About even with QQQ
QDTE over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −20.6%, total +18.1%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
QQQ
+17.9%
QDTE
+18.1%
35.3% of it arrived as cash
about even with QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with QQQ
QDTE over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −20.6%, total +18.1%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
QQQ
+17.9%
QDTE
+18.1%
35.3% as cash
about even with QQQ
35.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QDTE over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −20.6%, total +18.1%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.2 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | QDTE | VAIE | QDTE | VAIE | QDTE | VAIE |
| 3 months | +1.1% | +2.5% | 6.6% | 4.1% | −0.2 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +10.8% | – | 15.3% | – | −0.8 pts | – |
| 1 year | +18.1% | – | 35.3% | – | +0.2 pts | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: QDTE Mar 2024 · VAIE May 2026 | +58.6% | +3.3% | 75.1% | 6.8% | −4.8 pts | not measured |
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On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About QDTE
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, QDTE paid 35.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.9%, paid weekly.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
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