Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QVOL vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
QVOL and YMAG both write options for income.
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Net assets: $49m on Aug 31, 2026 for Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF, and $268m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.
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, 2026.1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+4.6%
YMAG
+5.8%
33.4% of it arrived as cash
1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+4.6%
YMAG
+5.8%
33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QVOL costs 0.52 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QVOL | YMAG |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +5.8% |
| Price change | fell 13.6% (since May 12, 2026) | fell 29.4% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF, measured through ONEQ | its own holdings |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 7.0 pts | ahead by 1.2 pts |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.82% | 1.34% |
| Net assets, QVOL as of Aug 31, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026 | $49m | $268m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QVOL and YMAG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | QVOL | YMAG | QVOL | YMAG | QVOL | YMAG |
| 3 months | −12.2% | +3.3% | 3.2% | 9.1% | −10.0 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | – | +1.9% | – | 18.1% | – | −0.2 pts |
| 1 year | – | +5.8% | – | 33.4% | – | +1.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: QVOL May 2026 · YMAG Jan 2024 | −7.8% | +70.3% | 6.4% | 91.7% | −7.0 pts | not measured |
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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.
YMAG
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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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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