Data as of .
QVOL vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
QVOL and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, QVOL and ROCY hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | QVOL | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 8.53% | 8.37% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.05% | 4.97% |
| Alphabet Inc | 4.70% | 5.33% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 7.61% | 4.15% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 4.53% | 3.00% |
| Broadcom Inc | 3.42% | 2.61% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 3.14% | 2.43% |
| Apple Inc | 2.33% | 6.71% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 6.17% | 1.69% |
| Lam Research Corp | 1.47% | 1.76% |
| NXP Semiconductors NV | 0.89% | 0.69% |
| Analog Devices Inc | 0.82% | 0.66% |
| Only in QVOL | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc 4.69% | Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15% |
| Marvell Technology Inc 4.30% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63% |
| Fortinet Inc 1.66% | Mastercard, Inc. 1.57% |
| Microchip Technology Inc 1.58% | Tesla, Inc. 1.55% |
| Applied Materials Inc 1.52% | Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% |
| Booking Holdings Inc 1.40% | AbbVie, Inc. 1.46% |
| Cisco Systems Inc 1.36% | Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38% |
| QUALCOMM Inc 1.22% | Bank of America Corp. 1.31% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QVOL | ROCY | QVOL | ROCY | QVOL | ROCY | |
| 3 months | −3.7% | +2.6% | 3.0% | 1.7% | −1.2 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +14.8% | not published | 3.7% | not published | −3.3 pts |
| Since launch | +4.3% | +13.5% | 4.2% | 3.6% | +2.1 pts | −2.9 pts |
| QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Infrastructure Capital | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 12.6% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.82% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | 0.0% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | +4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026) | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +2.1% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | +2.1 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 129 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $8m | $726m |
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.
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, QVOL or ROCY?
- QVOL charges 0.82% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, QVOL against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/qvol-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.