Which is cheaper, QQQY or ROCY?

QQQY charges 1.01% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QQQY vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QQQY and ROCY both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $178m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF and $884m for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

QQQY on its own →ROCY on its own →

At a glance

29.9%

QQQY cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+13.6%

QQQY total return, 1 year

+15.3%

ROCY total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

QQQY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY

+13.6%

QQQ

+12.3%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

29.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.66 points a year less; ROCY is 5.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	ROCY
Paid and earned
Measure	QQQY	ROCY
Total return, 1 year	+13.6%	not published
Price change	fell 17.8% (1 year)	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQQY	ROCY
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	QQQY	ROCY
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$178m	$884m
Holdings
Measure	QQQY	ROCY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, QQQY and ROCY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQQY ROCY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QQQY

Ndx 12/18/2026 1000.34 C 98.45%

Ndx 11/05/2026 28516.79 C 0.38%

Ndx 11/05/2026 28437.17 C -0.51%

Only in ROCY

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.20%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.31%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.59%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.54%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.11%

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Side by side

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Defiance JPMorgan

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 31.5% 6.6%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −17.8% +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +13.6% +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind +1.3 pts −1.8 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 81% not published

Age 3.1 years 230 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $178m $884m

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: QQQY vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQQY	ROCY	QQQY	ROCY	QQQY	ROCY
3 months	−3.5%	+1.1%	7.3%	1.6%	−0.1 pts	+1.2 pts
6 months	+0.4%	+6.5%	15.4%	3.5%	+0.7 pts	+1.5 pts
1 year	+13.6%	–	29.9%	–	+1.3 pts	–
3 years	+51.9%	–	88.2%	–	−39.4 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: QQQY Sep 2023 · ROCY Mar 2026	+49.8%	+15.3%	88.1%	4.8%	−37.0 pts	−1.9 pts

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About each fund

QQQY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.5%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 81% 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.

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QQQY or ROCY?: QQQY charges 1.01% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QQQY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Defiance page for QQQY ↗

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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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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