Which is cheaper, QYLG or SCEP?

QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SCEP charges 0.65%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLG vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QYLG and SCEP both write options for income.

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Net assets: $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF, and $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF.

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At a glance

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

6.1%

SCEP cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+14.4%

QYLG total return, 1 year

+5.3%

SCEP total return, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG

+14.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCEP · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

SCEP

+5.3%

none

Not measured

SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCEP

+5.3%

6.1% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCEP

+5.3%

6.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.30 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLG vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLG	SCEP
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLG	SCEP
Total return, 1 year	+14.4%	not published
Price change	fell 3.9% (1 year)	fell 1.1% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLG	SCEP
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own stocks
Cost and size
Measure	QYLG	SCEP
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026	$183m	$235m
Holdings
Measure	QYLG	SCEP
Holdings in common	42%

Method

What they share

42%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and SCEP hold 42% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

42% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLG SCEP

APPLE INC. 7.59% 5.61%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13% 5.61%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89% 4.60%

ALPHABET INC. 3.47% 5.88%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78% 3.43%

BROADCOM INC. 3.09% 5.51%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.76% 2.19%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59% 2.16%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.95% 2.36%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.69% 2.60%

WALMART INC. 2.50% 1.03%

NETFLIX, INC. 1.40% 1.00%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLG

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%

ALPHABET INC. 3.25%

TESLA, INC. 2.60%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.11%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.09%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.86%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 1.16%

KLA CORPORATION 1.10%

Only in SCEP

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.50%

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP 2.59%

WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 2.11%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC 2.04%

EQUINIX INC 2.02%

VISA INC 1.94%

AMPHENOL CORP 1.90%

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 1.84%

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Side by side

QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly SCEP STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer Global X Sterling Capital

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.1% 7.0%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.7% 6.1% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year −3.9% −1.0% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +14.4% +5.3% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +2.1 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 100%

Age 6.1 years 328 days

Net assets, QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026 $183m $235m

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: QYLG vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLG	SCEP	QYLG	SCEP	QYLG	SCEP
3 months	−0.8%	−1.2%	1.6%	1.7%	+2.6 pts	+0.8 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+2.4%	4.0%	3.5%	+2.8 pts	+0.4 pts
1 year	+14.4%	–	16.7%	–	+2.1 pts	–
3 years	+72.0%	–	52.1%	–	−19.4 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: QYLG Sep 2020 · SCEP Dec 2025	+116.2%	+5.3%	76.4%	6.1%	−46.8 pts	not measured

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About each fund

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% 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.

SCEP

SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +2.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, SCEP paid 3.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.4%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly. Sterling Capital estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QYLG or SCEP?: QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SCEP charges 0.65%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QYLG on its own →SCEP on its own →QYLG dividend history →QYLG holdings →SCEP dividend history →SCEP holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLG ↗

SCEP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCEP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SCEP 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Sterling Capital 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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