Which is cheaper, QQQY or YSPC?

QQQY and YSPC both charge 1.01% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QQQY vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QQQY and YSPC both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $178m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF and $42m for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

29.9%

QQQY cash paid, 1 year

16.7%

YSPC cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

+13.6%

QQQY total return, 1 year

−2.1%

YSPC total return, since launch, Jul 15, 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.

YSPC · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC

−2.1%

SPCX

+0.5%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 1.01% a year; QQQY is 4.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	YSPC
Paid and earned
Measure	QQQY	YSPC
Total return, 1 year	+13.6%	not published
Price change	fell 17.8% (1 year)	fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQQY	YSPC
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Cost and size
Measure	QQQY	YSPC
Expense ratio	1.01%	1.01%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$178m	$42m
Holdings
Measure	QQQY	YSPC
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQQY YSPC

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 YSPC

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.45%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.87%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 C 0.32%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C145 0.13%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C146 0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C141 -0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C140 -0.72%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 P -21.73%

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Side by side

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly YSPC YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPCX, paying weekly

Issuer Defiance YieldMax

Strategy option income synthetic covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 31.5% 60.1%

Expense ratio 1.01% 1.01%

Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 16.7% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −17.8% −18.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +13.6% −2.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +0.5% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Ahead or behind +1.3 pts −2.6 pts (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 81% not published

Age 3.1 years 112 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $178m $42m

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 YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQQY	YSPC	QQQY	YSPC	QQQY	YSPC
3 months	−3.5%	+11.7%	7.3%	18.2%	−0.1 pts	−13.8 pts
6 months	+0.4%	–	15.4%	–	+0.7 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 · YSPC Jul 2026	+49.8%	−2.1%	88.1%	16.7%	−37.0 pts	−2.5 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.

YSPC

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, YSPC paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QQQY or YSPC?: QQQY and YSPC both charge 1.01% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QQQY and YSPC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Defiance page for QQQY ↗

YSPC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YSPC 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YSPC ↗

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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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