Which is cheaper, QYLD or ROCY?

QYLD charges 0.60% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLD vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QYLD and ROCY both write options for income.

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Net assets: $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF, and $884m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

+15.3%

ROCY total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.25 points a year less; QYLD is 10.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLD vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLD	ROCY
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLD	ROCY
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	not published
Price change	rose 3.3% (1 year)	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLD	ROCY
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	QYLD	ROCY
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$8.5bn	$812m
Holdings
Measure	QYLD	ROCY
Holdings in common	47%

Method

What they share

47%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLD and ROCY hold 47% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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47% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLD ROCY

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20% 8.20%

APPLE INC. 7.65% 7.31%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82% 6.59%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.93% 4.16%

ALPHABET INC. 3.50% 4.13%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.78% 2.54%

BROADCOM INC. 3.11% 2.17%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32% 2.11%

TESLA, INC. 2.62% 1.39%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62% 1.34%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.71% 0.89%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.90% 0.83%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLD

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.13%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.88%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.26%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 1.17%

KLA CORPORATION 1.11%

AMGEN INC. 0.97%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.97%

Only in ROCY

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.02%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.88%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.64%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.34%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.09%

RTX CORP 1.09%

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Side by side

QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Global X JPMorgan

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 6.6%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.3% 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +3.3% +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts −1.8 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% not published

Age 12.9 years 230 days

Net assets, QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 and ROCY as of Nov 3, 2026 $8.5bn $884m

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: QYLD vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLD	ROCY	QYLD	ROCY	QYLD	ROCY
3 months	+2.4%	+1.1%	3.0%	1.6%	+5.9 pts	+1.2 pts
6 months	+5.4%	+6.5%	6.0%	3.5%	+5.8 pts	+1.5 pts
1 year	+16.5%	–	12.3%	–	+4.2 pts	–
3 years	+52.7%	–	37.9%	–	−38.6 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: QYLD Dec 2013 · ROCY Mar 2026	+194.8%	+15.3%	117.5%	4.8%	−610.5 pts	−1.9 pts

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About each fund

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QYLD or ROCY?: QYLD charges 0.60% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLD ↗

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan 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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