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QRMI vs XDTE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year XDTE paid 26.5% of its price in cash against QRMI’s 11.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

11.8%QRMI cash paid, 1 year
26.5%XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+8.5%QRMI total return, 1 year
+15.6%XDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XDTE scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

QRMI 28.4XDTE 41.43.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

QRMI13.3 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash13.3 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%13.3 pts behind QQQ
XDTE1 pt behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XDTE+15.6%26.5% of it arrived as cash1 pt behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XDTE+15.6%26.5% as cash1 pt behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QRMI and XDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in QRMIOnly in XDTE
NVIDIA CORP 8.49%SPX 03/19/2027 678.8 C 66.30%
APPLE INC 7.78%SPX 06/11/2027 678.8 C 24.62%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.81%Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 7.23%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.02%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 1.84%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.33%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.00%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.25%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.13%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QRMI and XDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QRMIXDTEQRMIXDTEQRMIXDTE
3 months+0.6%+2.5%3.0%5.1%+3.1 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+7.3%+14.9%6.1%10.6%−17.0 pts−3.1 pts
1 year+8.5%+15.6%11.8%26.5%−13.3 pts−1.0 pts
3 years+26.7%not published33.5%not published−71.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+10.4%+45.9%40.8%59.5%−89.1 pts−6.9 pts
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QRMI and XDTE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QRMI
Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerGlobal XRoundhill
Strategyoption income0DTE covered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized12.0%15.2%
Expense ratio0.60%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year11.8%26.5%
Price change, 1 year−3.8%−13.4%
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+15.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−13.3 pts−1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age1849 days925 days
Net assets$15m$336m

QRMI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QRMI paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

XDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XDTE paid 26.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QRMI or XDTE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QRMI paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 26.5%, so XDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QRMI or XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, QRMI returned +8.5% and XDTE returned +15.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so XDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, QRMI or XDTE?
QRMI charges 0.60% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QRMI against XDTE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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