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

QVOL and SPUT both write options for income.

Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF and Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

4.2%QVOL cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPUT cash paid, 1 year
+4.3%QVOL total return, 1 year
+11.5%SPUT 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
SPUT5.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.2% of it arrived as cash5.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QVOL and SPUT hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QVOL and SPUT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQVOLSPUT
NVIDIA Corp8.53%3.85%
Microsoft Corp5.05%2.47%
Apple Inc2.33%3.22%
Amazon.com Inc7.61%2.09%
Alphabet Inc4.70%1.84%
Broadcom Inc3.42%1.60%
Alphabet Inc4.69%1.59%
Meta Platforms Inc3.14%1.10%
Micron Technology Inc4.53%0.48%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc6.17%0.47%
Netflix Inc1.90%0.35%
Intel Corp3.01%0.34%
Only in each
Only in QVOLOnly in SPUT
ASML Holding NV 2.25%TREASURY BILL 49.24%
PDD Holdings Inc 0.94%Tesla Inc 0.91%
NXP Semiconductors NV 0.89%JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.70%
ARM Holdings PLC 0.25%Eli Lilly & Co 0.65%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.54%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.54%
Walmart Inc 0.47%
Visa Inc 0.46%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QVOL and SPUT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QVOLSPUTQVOLSPUTQVOLSPUT
3 months−3.7%+2.4%3.0%1.1%−1.2 pts+0.1 pts
6 monthsnot published+11.5%not published2.5%not published−6.5 pts
1 yearnot published+11.5%not published5.2%not published−5.1 pts
Since launch+4.3%+22.4%4.2%8.5%+2.1 pts−15.6 pts
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QVOL and SPUT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QVOL
Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
SPUT
Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInfrastructure CapitalInnovator
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized12.6%4.7%
Expense ratio0.82%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year4.2% (since launch on May 12, 2026)5.2%
Price change, 1 year0.0%+6.0%
Total return, 1 year+4.3% (since launch on May 12, 2026)+11.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+2.1%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+2.1 pts−5.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age129 days553 days
Net assets$8m$17m

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.

SPUT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPUT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QVOL or SPUT?
QVOL charges 0.82% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so SPUT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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