Which paid more, QDTE or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, QDTE returned +13.7% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QDTE or YYY?

QDTE charges 0.96% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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QDTE vs YYY: 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 YYY’s 12.4%, 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 $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

34.7%

QDTE cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+13.7%

QDTE total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY 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.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QDTE costs 2.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points; QDTE is 1.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QDTE vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QDTE	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	QDTE	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 23.4%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QDTE	YYY
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QDTE	YYY
Expense ratio	0.96%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$869m	$674m
Holdings
Measure	QDTE	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 137 weekly returns

QDTE YYY

Return

Total return edge QDTE +58.0% +19.9%

Annualized edge QDTE +19.0% +7.1%

Price return edge YYY −40.2% −13.8%

Risk

Volatility edge YYY 17.8% 10.3%

Max drawdown edge YYY −20.5% −10.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge QDTE 0.83 0.30

Sortino edge QDTE 1.20 0.40

Calmar edge QDTE 0.92 0.68

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, QDTE returned more: +58.0% to +19.9%. YYY swung less: 10.3% to 17.8%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −20.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: QDTE vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QDTE	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+58.0%	+19.9%	QDTE	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+19.0%	+7.1%	QDTE	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−40.2%	−13.8%	YYY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.8%	10.3%	YYY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.2%	7.8%	YYY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−20.5%	−10.4%	YYY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.83	0.30	QDTE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.20	0.40	QDTE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.92	0.68	QDTE	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

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

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

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0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QDTE YYY

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 YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Roundhill Amplify

Strategy 0DTE covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 27.9% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.96% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 34.7% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year −23.4% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +1.4 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 18%

Age 2.7 years 14.4 years

Net assets, QDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $881m $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QDTE	YYY	QDTE	YYY	QDTE	YYY
3 months	−1.6%	−4.9%	6.3%	3.2%	+1.8 pts	not measured
6 months	+1.6%	−4.1%	14.3%	6.2%	+2.0 pts	not measured
1 year	+13.7%	+1.9%	34.7%	12.4%	+1.5 pts	not measured
3 years	–	+35.2%	–	38.6%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QDTE Mar 2024 · YYY Jun 2012	+55.2%	+114.4%	75.6%	113.6%	−2.3 pts	not measured

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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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QDTE or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, QDTE returned +13.7% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QDTE or YYY?: QDTE charges 0.96% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QDTE on its own →YYY on its own →QDTE dividend history →QDTE holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for QDTE ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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