Which is cheaper, QYLD or YSPC?

QYLD charges 0.60% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLD vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QYLD and YSPC 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 $42m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

16.7%

YSPC cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

−2.1%

YSPC total return, since launch, Jul 15, 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% 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.

YSPC · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC

−2.1%

SPCX

+0.5%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.41 points a year less; QYLD is far larger, $8.5bn against $37m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLD vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLD	YSPC
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLD	YSPC
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	not published
Price change	rose 3.3% (1 year)	fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLD	YSPC
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Cost and size
Measure	QYLD	YSPC
Expense ratio	0.60%	1.01%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$8.5bn	$37m
Holdings
Measure	QYLD	YSPC
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, QYLD and YSPC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLD YSPC

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLD

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20%

APPLE INC. 7.65%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.93%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62%

ALPHABET INC. 3.50%

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

Only in YSPC

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.45%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.87%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 C 0.32%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C145 0.13%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C146 0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C141 -0.11%

SPCX US 11/06/26 C140 -0.72%

SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 P -21.73%

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Side by side

QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly YSPC YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPCX, paying weekly

Issuer Global X YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 60.1%

Expense ratio 0.60% 1.01%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.3% 16.7% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +3.3% −18.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +16.5% −2.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +0.5% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts −2.6 pts (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% not published

Age 12.9 years 112 days

Net assets, QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 and YSPC as of Nov 3, 2026 $8.5bn $42m

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 YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLD	YSPC	QYLD	YSPC	QYLD	YSPC
3 months	+2.4%	+11.7%	3.0%	18.2%	+5.9 pts	−13.8 pts
6 months	+5.4%	–	6.0%	–	+5.8 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 · YSPC Jul 2026	+194.8%	−2.1%	117.5%	16.7%	−610.5 pts	−2.5 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.

YSPC

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, YSPC paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QYLD or YSPC?: QYLD charges 0.60% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so QYLD 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 ↗

YSPC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YSPC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YSPC 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YSPC ↗

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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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