Data as of .
QVOL vs SIXH: which paid, and which earned it?
QVOL and SIXH both write options for income.
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.
| Holding | QVOL | SIXH |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 8.53% | 2.67% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 4.53% | 2.37% |
| Lam Research Corp | 1.47% | 3.11% |
| Apple Inc | 2.33% | 1.45% |
| Applied Materials Inc | 1.52% | 1.44% |
| Broadcom Inc | 3.42% | 1.35% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 3.14% | 1.30% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 7.61% | 1.29% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 1.22% | 3.53% |
| T-Mobile US Inc | 1.06% | 2.42% |
| Only in QVOL | Only 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QVOL | SIXH | QVOL | SIXH | QVOL | SIXH | |
| 3 months | −3.7% | +4.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% | −1.2 pts | +2.2 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +7.4% | not published | 0.9% | not published | −10.6 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +16.3% | not published | 2.0% | not published | −0.3 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +43.8% | not published | 6.6% | not published | −34.6 pts |
| Since launch | +4.3% | +96.3% | 4.2% | 16.0% | +2.1 pts | −88.5 pts |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Infrastructure Capital | Exchange Traded Concepts |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 12.6% | 0.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.82% | 0.69% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026) | 2.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | 0.0% | +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 estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 129 days | 2321 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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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.