Which is cheaper, QVOL or RDVI?

QVOL charges 0.82% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QVOL vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QVOL and RDVI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $49m on Aug 31, 2026 for Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

QVOL on its own →RDVI on its own →

At a glance

6.4%

QVOL cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

−7.8%

QVOL total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

+22.0%

RDVI total return, 1 year

QVOL · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 7 pts behind ONEQ

QVOL

−7.8%

ONEQ

−0.8%

7 pts behind ONEQ

QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ONEQ

−0.8%

QVOL

−7.8%

7 pts behind ONEQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

7 pts behind ONEQ

QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ONEQ

−0.8%

QVOL

−7.8%

7 pts behind ONEQ

6.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with RDVY

RDVI

+22.0%

RDVY

+22.2%

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

9.1% of it arrived as cash

about even with RDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

about even with RDVY

9.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RDVI costs 0.07 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QVOL vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QVOL	RDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	QVOL	RDVI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+22.0%
Price change	fell 13.6% (since May 12, 2026)	rose 12.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QVOL	RDVI
Benchmark	Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF, measured through ONEQ	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 7.0 pts
Cost and size
Measure	QVOL	RDVI
Expense ratio	0.82%	0.75%
Net assets, QVOL as of Aug 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026	$49m	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	QVOL	RDVI
Holdings in common	18%

Method

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, QVOL and RDVI hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QVOL RDVI

Microsoft Corp 2.31% 2.16%

Applied Materials Inc 2.19% 1.97%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.33% 1.89%

Micron Technology Inc 4.19% 1.83%

Apple Inc 4.21% 1.63%

Lam Research Corp 1.61% 1.84%

Alphabet Inc 6.17% 1.57%

Booking Holdings Inc 1.36% 1.16%

KLA Corp 0.87% 1.90%

Western Digital Corp 0.74% 0.72%

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.62% 1.97%

QUALCOMM Inc 1.20% 0.49%

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Only in QVOL

Broadcom Inc 6.42%

Oracle Corp 4.93%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.03%

Amazon.com Inc 3.90%

Marvell Technology Inc 2.56%

Intel Corp 2.38%

Uber Technologies Inc 2.19%

Netflix Inc 2.11%

Only in RDVI

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.39%

Accenture plc 2.35%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35%

Veralto Corporation 2.34%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%

The Allstate Corporation 2.23%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%

Chubb Limited 2.16%

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Side by side

QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF · Option income on ONEQ, paying monthly RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer Infrastructure Capital First Trust

Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 15.3% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.82% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.4% (since launch, May 12, 2026) 9.1%

Price change, 1 year −13.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +12.2%

Total return, 1 year −7.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +22.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year −0.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +22.2%

Ahead or behind −7.0 pts (since launch, May 12, 2026) −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 40%

Age 176 days 4.0 years

Net assets, QVOL as of Aug 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $49m $3.9bn

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: QVOL vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QVOL	RDVI	QVOL	RDVI	QVOL	RDVI
3 months	−12.2%	−1.9%	3.2%	2.0%	−10.0 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	–	+7.9%	–	4.3%	–	+0.1 pts
1 year	–	+22.0%	–	9.1%	–	−0.2 pts
3 years	–	+76.0%	–	30.9%	–	−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QVOL May 2026 · RDVI Oct 2022	−7.8%	+106.5%	6.4%	43.0%	−7.0 pts	−8.4 pts

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About each fund

QVOL

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, QVOL paid 6.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.8%. Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.

RDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.0%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +22.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 40% 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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QVOL or RDVI?: QVOL charges 0.82% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) →First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QVOL on its own →RDVI on its own →QVOL dividend history →QVOL holdings →RDVI dividend history →RDVI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QVOL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QVOL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Infrastructure Capital page for QVOL ↗

RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for RDVI ↗

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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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