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QVOL vs SIXH: which paid, and which earned it?

QVOL and SIXH both write options for income.

Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

4.2%QVOL cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+4.3%QVOL total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year
QVOL2.1 pts ahead of QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+2.1%QVOL+4.3%4.2% as cash2.1 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+2.1%QVOL+4.3%2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%2.0% cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QVOL and SIXH hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QVOL and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQVOLSIXH
NVIDIA Corp8.53%2.67%
Micron Technology Inc4.53%2.37%
Lam Research Corp1.47%3.11%
Apple Inc2.33%1.45%
Applied Materials Inc1.52%1.44%
Broadcom Inc3.42%1.35%
Meta Platforms Inc3.14%1.30%
Amazon.com Inc7.61%1.29%
QUALCOMM Inc1.22%3.53%
T-Mobile US Inc1.06%2.42%
Only in each
Only in QVOLOnly in SIXH
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.17%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
Microsoft Corp 5.05%Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
Alphabet Inc 4.70%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
Alphabet Inc 4.69%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
Marvell Technology Inc 4.30%AT&T INC. 3.59%
Intel Corp 3.01%Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
Oracle Corp 2.53%COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 2.66%
ASML Holding NV 2.25%Mondelez International, Inc. 2.51%

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.

Performance, window by window

QVOL and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QVOLSIXHQVOLSIXHQVOLSIXH
3 months−3.7%+4.5%3.0%0.5%−1.2 pts+2.2 pts
6 monthsnot published+7.4%not published0.9%not published−10.6 pts
1 yearnot published+16.3%not published2.0%not published−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.8%not published6.6%not published−34.6 pts
Since launch+4.3%+96.3%4.2%16.0%+2.1 pts−88.5 pts
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QVOL and SIXH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QVOL
Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInfrastructure CapitalExchange Traded Concepts
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized12.6%0.4%
Expense ratio0.82%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026)2.0%
Price change, 1 year0.0%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026)+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+2.1%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+2.1 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age129 days2321 days
Net assets$8m$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QVOL or SIXH?
QVOL charges 0.82% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QVOL against SIXH, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, QVOL against SIXH, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/qvol-vs-sixh Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources