Which is cheaper, QQDH or SDVD?

QQDH charges 0.95% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Income ETFs

QQDH vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QQDH and SDVD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $892m on Oct 30, 2026 for FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF, beside Tuttle Capital Innovation 100 Income AND Hedge ETF.

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At a glance

0.3%

QQDH cash paid, since launch, Oct 23, 2026

9.6%

SDVD cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

QQDH total return, since launch, Oct 23, 2026

+14.8%

SDVD total return, 1 year

QQDH · since launch to Oct 30, 2026 Not measured

QQDH

−2.6%

none

Not measured

QQDH since launch: paid 0.3%, price −2.9%, total −2.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

QQDH

−2.6%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

QQDH since launch: paid 0.3%, price −2.9%, total −2.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

QQDH

−2.6%

0.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQDH since launch: paid 0.3%, price −2.9%, total −2.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Data to Oct 30, 2026.

SDVD · 1 year to Oct 30, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD

+14.8%

SDVY

+13.5%

1.3 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.6%, price +4.9%, total +14.8%, SDVY +13.5%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

SDVY

+13.5%

SDVD

+14.8%

9.6% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of SDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of SDVY

SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.6%, price +4.9%, total +14.8%, SDVY +13.5%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

SDVY

+13.5%

SDVD

+14.8%

9.6% cash

1.3 pts ahead of SDVY

9.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDVD over 1 year: paid 9.6%, price +4.9%, total +14.8%, SDVY +13.5%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SDVD costs 0.10 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQDH vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQDH	SDVD
Paid and earned
Measure	QQDH	SDVD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+14.8%
Price change	fell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026)	rose 4.9% (1 year)
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQDH	SDVD
Benchmark	not published	First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through SDVY
Cost and size
Measure	QQDH	SDVD
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.85%
Net assets	not read by ETFIQ	$892m
Holdings
Measure	QQDH	SDVD
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

QQDH Tuttle Capital Innovation 100 Income AND Hedge ETF · 0DTE covered call SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Russell 2000, investing in the Nasdaq US Small-Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer Tuttle First Trust

Strategy 0DTE covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark none First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 3.9% 8.5%

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.3% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) 9.6%

Price change, 1 year −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) +4.9%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) +14.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +13.5%

Ahead or behind not available +1.3 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 22%

Age 7 days 3.2 years

Net assets not read by ETFIQ $892m

As of Oct 30, 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: QQDH vs SDVD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQDH	SDVD	QQDH	SDVD	QQDH	SDVD
3 months	–	−3.2%	–	2.0%	–	+0.5 pts
6 months	–	+0.9%	–	4.1%	–	+0.7 pts
1 year	–	+14.8%	–	9.6%	–	+1.3 pts
3 years	–	+64.7%	–	33.0%	–	+0.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QQDH Oct 2026 · SDVD Aug 2023	−2.6%	+49.6%	0.3%	31.3%	not measured	+2.0 pts

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About each fund

QQDH

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 23, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, QQDH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. At its price on Oct 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.9%, paid periodically.

SDVD

Over the year to Oct 30, 2026, SDVD paid 9.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.8%. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Oct 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 22% 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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QQDH or SDVD?: QQDH charges 0.95% a year and SDVD charges 0.85%, so SDVD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QQDH on its own →SDVD on its own →QQDH dividend history →SDVD dividend history →SDVD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QQDH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQDH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Tuttle website ↗

SDVD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDVD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SDVD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for SDVD ↗

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How this is computed

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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