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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QVOL vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QVOL and SIXH both write options for income.

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Net assets on Aug 31, 2026: $49m for Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF and $603m for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

QVOL on its own →SIXH on its own →

At a glance

6.4%

QVOL cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

−7.8%

QVOL total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

+23.5%

SIXH 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.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.13 points a year less; SIXH is 12.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QVOL vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QVOL	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	QVOL	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	not published	+23.5%
Price change	fell 13.6% (since May 12, 2026)	rose 21.2% (1 year)
Against its benchmark
Measure	QVOL	SIXH
Benchmark	Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF, measured through ONEQ	its own holdings
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 7.0 pts	ahead by 5.5 pts
Cost and size
Measure	QVOL	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.82%	0.69%
Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026	$49m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	QVOL	SIXH
Holdings in common	18%

Method

What they share

18%

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

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QVOL SIXH

Micron Technology Inc 4.19% 2.85%

Lam Research Corp 1.61% 2.52%

Palantir Technologies Inc 1.38% 1.85%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.33% 1.26%

Apple Inc 4.21% 1.25%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.03% 1.21%

QUALCOMM Inc 1.20% 2.82%

Amazon.com Inc 3.90% 1.17%

Alphabet Inc 6.17% 1.16%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.98% 1.16%

Applied Materials Inc 2.19% 1.10%

Texas Instruments Inc 1.01% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QVOL

Broadcom Inc 6.42%

Oracle Corp 4.93%

Marvell Technology Inc 2.56%

Intel Corp 2.38%

Microsoft Corp 2.31%

Uber Technologies Inc 2.19%

Netflix Inc 2.11%

CoreWeave Inc 2.00%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.69%

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Side by side

QVOL Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF · Option income on ONEQ, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Infrastructure Capital Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 15.3% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.82% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.4% (since launch, May 12, 2026) 2.1%

Price change, 1 year −13.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +21.2%

Total return, 1 year −7.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year −0.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026) +18.0%

Ahead or behind −7.0 pts (since launch, May 12, 2026) +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 176 days 6.5 years

Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026 $49m $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QVOL	SIXH	QVOL	SIXH	QVOL	SIXH
3 months	−12.2%	+6.0%	3.2%	0.5%	−10.0 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	–	+10.3%	–	1.0%	–	+3.5 pts
1 year	–	+23.5%	–	2.1%	–	+5.5 pts
3 years	–	+47.6%	–	6.8%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QVOL May 2026 · SIXH May 2020	−7.8%	+104.1%	6.4%	16.7%	−7.0 pts	not measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, 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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Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QVOL on its own →SIXH on its own →QVOL dividend history →QVOL holdings →SIXH dividend history →SIXH 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 ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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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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