Which is cheaper, QQDH or XYLD?

QQDH charges 0.95% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Income ETFs

QQDH vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QQDH and XYLD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call 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

10.6%

XYLD cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

QQDH total return, since launch, Oct 23, 2026

+14.5%

XYLD 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.

XYLD · 1 year to Oct 30, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD

+14.5%

SPY

+12.4%

2.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +3.2%, total +14.5%, SPY +12.4%, +2.1 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

SPY

+12.4%

XYLD

+14.5%

10.6% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +3.2%, total +14.5%, SPY +12.4%, +2.1 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

SPY

+12.4%

XYLD

+14.5%

10.6% cash

2.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.6%, price +3.2%, total +14.5%, SPY +12.4%, +2.1 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLD costs 0.35 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQDH vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQDH	XYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	QQDH	XYLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+14.5%
Price change	fell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026)	rose 3.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQDH	XYLD
Benchmark	not published	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	QQDH	XYLD
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.60%
Net assets	not read by ETFIQ	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	QQDH	XYLD
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

QQDH Tuttle Capital Innovation 100 Income AND Hedge ETF · 0DTE covered call XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Tuttle Global X

Strategy 0DTE covered call covered call

Benchmark none S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 3.9% 9.2%

Expense ratio 0.95% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.3% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) 10.6%

Price change, 1 year −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) +3.2%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026) +14.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.4%

Ahead or behind not available +2.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%

Age 7 days 13.3 years

Net assets not read by ETFIQ $3.4bn

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 XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQDH	XYLD	QQDH	XYLD	QQDH	XYLD
3 months	–	+2.1%	–	2.2%	–	+0.7 pts
6 months	–	+7.2%	–	5.1%	–	+1.8 pts
1 year	–	+14.5%	–	10.6%	–	+2.2 pts
3 years	–	+49.1%	–	34.5%	–	−38.3 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QQDH Oct 2026 · XYLD Jun 2013	−2.6%	+191.4%	0.3%	114.5%	not measured	−310.6 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.

XYLD

Over the year to Oct 30, 2026, XYLD paid 10.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Oct 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 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 XYLD?: QQDH charges 0.95% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

QQDH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQDH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Tuttle website ↗

XYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLD ↗

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