Data as of .
QVOL vs RDVI: which paid, and which earned it?
QVOL and RDVI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, QVOL and RDVI hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | QVOL | RDVI |
|---|---|---|
| Micron Technology Inc | 4.53% | 2.18% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 8.53% | 2.16% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.05% | 2.05% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 3.14% | 2.04% |
| Alphabet Inc | 4.70% | 1.97% |
| Apple Inc | 2.33% | 1.66% |
| Applied Materials Inc | 1.52% | 2.30% |
| Lam Research Corp | 1.47% | 2.31% |
| Booking Holdings Inc | 1.40% | 1.26% |
| KLA Corp | 1.13% | 2.16% |
| Western Digital Corp | 0.82% | 0.92% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 1.22% | 0.54% |
| Only in QVOL | Only in RDVI |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc 7.61% | The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.17% | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% |
| Alphabet Inc 4.69% | GE Vernova Inc. 2.19% |
| Marvell Technology Inc 4.30% | The Allstate Corporation 2.14% |
| Broadcom Inc 3.42% | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13% |
| Intel Corp 3.01% | Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13% |
| Oracle Corp 2.53% | JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.10% |
| ASML Holding NV 2.25% | U.S. Bancorp 2.08% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QVOL | RDVI | QVOL | RDVI | QVOL | RDVI | |
| 3 months | −3.7% | +0.3% | 3.0% | 2.1% | −1.2 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +15.1% | not published | 4.6% | not published | +2.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +19.2% | not published | 8.8% | not published | −8.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts |
| Since launch | +4.3% | +101.2% | 4.2% | 41.0% | +2.1 pts | +32.0 pts |
| QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Infrastructure Capital | First Trust |
| Strategy | option income | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 12.6% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.82% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) | 8.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | 0.0% | +9.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) | +19.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +2.1% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.1 pts | −8.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 129 days | 1429 days |
| Net assets | $8m | $3.7bn |
QVOL in plain words
Over the period since launch on May 12, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, QVOL paid 4.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +2.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.6%, paid monthly.
RDVI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
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 these figures came from
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