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QDTY vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?

QDTY and TPRY both write options for income.

YieldMax(R) Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

30.9%QDTY cash paid, 1 year
7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
+20.2%QDTY total return, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
QDTY1.6 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QDTY+20.2%30.9% of it arrived as cash1.6 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QDTY+20.2%30.9% as cash1.6 pts behind QQQ
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDTY and TPRY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in QDTYOnly in TPRY
NDX 12/18/2026 1001.26 C 96.19%Micron Technology Inc 13.23%
XND 12/18/2026 10.02 C 3.21%Amazon.com Inc 12.40%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.53%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%
United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 0.07%Alphabet Inc 6.91%
Meta Platforms Inc 5.35%
Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%
Apple Inc 4.91%
Vistra Corp 4.57%

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 Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QDTY and TPRY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QDTYTPRYQDTYTPRYQDTYTPRY
3 months−0.9%−5.9%7.9%3.5%+1.6 pts−8.2 pts
6 months+20.7%+11.9%17.3%8.1%−3.6 pts−6.1 pts
1 year+20.2%not published30.9%not published−1.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+27.1%+2.1%42.0%7.4%−8.5 pts−9.3 pts
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QDTY and TPRY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QDTY
YieldMax(R) Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
TPRY
VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerYieldMaxVistaShares
Strategy0DTE covered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized25.9%15.3%
Expense ratio1.17%0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year30.9%7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−14.0%−5.4%
Total return, 1 year+20.2%+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+11.4%
Ahead or behind−1.6 pts−9.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate94%not published
Age582 days204 days
Net assets$27m$4m

QDTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QDTY paid 30.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

TPRY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QDTY or TPRY?
QDTY charges 1.17% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so TPRY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QDTY against TPRY, 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, QDTY against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/qdty-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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