Which is cheaper, QVOL or QXQ?

QVOL charges 0.82% a year and QXQ charges 0.98%, so QVOL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026.

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QVOL vs QXQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap

+5.0 pts

6 months to Nov 12, 2026: QXQ ahead, total return

Fee gap

0.16 pts

A year: QVOL 0.82%, QXQ 0.98%, per filings dated Jan 5, 2026 and May 15, 2026

Overlap

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Net flow

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Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

QVOL costs 0.16 points a year less; QXQ is 1.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QVOL vs QXQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QVOL	QXQ
Paid and earned
Measure	QVOL	QXQ
Total return, 1 year	not published	+12.1%
Price change	fell 12.5% (since May 12, 2026)	fell 4.7% (1 year)
Against its benchmark
Measure	QVOL	QXQ
Benchmark	Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF, measured through ONEQ	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	QVOL	QXQ
Expense ratio	0.82%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026	$49m	$82m
Holdings
Measure	QVOL	QXQ
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Key numbers

6.4%

QVOL cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026

15.1%

QXQ cash paid, 1 year

−6.7%

QVOL total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

+12.1%

QXQ total return, 1 year

QVOL · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 4.4 pts behind ONEQ

QVOL

−6.7%

ONEQ

−2.3%

4.4 pts behind ONEQ

QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −12.5%, total −6.7%, ONEQ −2.3%, −4.4 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ONEQ

−2.3%

QVOL

−6.7%

4.4 pts behind ONEQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.4 pts behind ONEQ

QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −12.5%, total −6.7%, ONEQ −2.3%, −4.4 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

ONEQ

−2.3%

QVOL

−6.7%

4.4 pts behind ONEQ

6.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −12.5%, total −6.7%, ONEQ −2.3%, −4.4 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QXQ · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ

+12.1%

QQQ

+11.3%

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

QXQ

+12.1%

15.1% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

QXQ

+12.1%

15.1% cash

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

15.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF · Option income on ONEQ, paying monthly QXQ SGI Enhanced Nasdaq-100 ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying quarterly

Issuer Infrastructure Capital SGI

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 15.1% 1.0%

Expense ratio 0.82% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.4% (since launch, May 12, 2026) 15.1%

Price change, 1 year −12.5% (since launch, May 12, 2026) −4.7%

Total return, 1 year −6.7% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +12.1%

Benchmark return, 1 year −2.3% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +11.3%

Ahead or behind −4.4 pts (since launch, May 12, 2026) +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 184 days 2.4 years

Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026 $49m $82m

As of Nov 12, 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: QVOL vs QXQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QVOL	QXQ	QVOL	QXQ	QVOL	QXQ
3 months	−13.5%	−5.4%	3.1%	0.2%	−8.3 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	−8.8%	−3.8%	6.2%	0.5%	−4.5 pts	+0.4 pts
1 year	–	+12.1%	–	15.1%	–	+0.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QVOL May 2026 · QXQ Jun 2024	−6.7%	+47.7%	6.4%	22.8%	−4.5 pts	+2.2 pts

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About each fund

QVOL

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, QVOL paid 6.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −6.7%. Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) returned −2.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.4 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

QXQ

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, QXQ paid 15.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 1.0%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QVOL or QXQ?: QVOL charges 0.82% a year and QXQ charges 0.98%, so QVOL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QVOL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QVOL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Infrastructure Capital page for QVOL ↗

QXQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QXQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SGI website ↗

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How this is computed

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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QVOL and QXQ

Total return, distributions reinvested, 6 months.

QVOL −8.8%QXQ −3.8%

May 14, 2026Nov 12, 2026

QVOL −8.8%, QXQ −3.8%: QXQ +5.0 pts ahead, 6 months, May 14, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.