Which is cheaper, QQDH or SPYI?

QQDH charges 0.95% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so SPYI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Income ETFs

QQDH vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QQDH and SPYI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $12.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF, beside Tuttle Capital Innovation 100 Income AND Hedge ETF.

QQDH on its own →SPYI on its own →

At a glance

0.3%

QQDH cash paid, since launch, Oct 23, 2026

12.0%

SPYI cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

QQDH total return, since launch, Oct 23, 2026

+12.1%

SPYI 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.

SPYI · 1 year to Oct 30, 2026 About even with SPY

SPYI

+12.1%

SPY

+12.4%

About even with SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.0%, price −0.5%, total +12.1%, SPY +12.4%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

SPY

+12.4%

SPYI

+12.1%

12.0% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.0%, price −0.5%, total +12.1%, SPY +12.4%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

SPY

+12.4%

SPYI

+12.1%

12.0% as cash

about even with SPY

12.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.0%, price −0.5%, total +12.1%, SPY +12.4%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPYI costs 0.27 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQDH vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQDH	SPYI
Paid and earned
Measure	QQDH	SPYI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+12.1%
Price change	fell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026)	fell 0.5% (1 year)
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQDH	SPYI
Benchmark	not published	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	QQDH	SPYI
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.68%
Net assets	not read by ETFIQ	$12.7bn
Holdings
Measure	QQDH	SPYI
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

QQDH Tuttle Capital Innovation 100 Income AND Hedge ETF · 0DTE covered call SPYI NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Tuttle NEOS

Strategy 0DTE covered call option income

Benchmark none S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 3.9% 11.6%

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.68%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.3% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) 12.0%

Price change, 1 year −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) −0.5%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) +12.1%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.4%

Ahead or behind not available −0.3 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 99%

Age 7 days 4.2 years

Net assets not read by ETFIQ $12.7bn

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 SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQDH	SPYI	QQDH	SPYI	QQDH	SPYI
3 months	–	+2.2%	–	3.0%	–	+0.7 pts
6 months	–	+6.0%	–	6.1%	–	+0.6 pts
1 year	–	+12.1%	–	12.0%	–	−0.2 pts
3 years	–	+64.2%	–	40.3%	–	−23.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QQDH Oct 2026 · SPYI Aug 2022	−2.6%	+76.5%	0.3%	51.3%	not measured	−24.2 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.

SPYI

Over the year to Oct 30, 2026, SPYI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.4% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.6%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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 SPYI?: QQDH charges 0.95% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so SPYI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QQDH on its own →SPYI on its own →QQDH dividend history →SPYI dividend history →SPYI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QQDH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQDH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Tuttle website ↗

SPYI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPYI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for SPYI ↗

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How this is computed

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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