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QYLG vs SIOO: which paid, and which earned it?

QYLG and SIOO both write options for income.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF and VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

17.4%QYLG cash paid, 1 year
11.1%SIOO cash paid, 1 year
+22.2%QYLG total return, 1 year
+10.8%SIOO total return, 1 year
QYLGAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QYLG+22.2%17.4% as cashabout even with QQQ
SIOOAbout even with OEF · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
OEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with OEFTotal return, distributions reinvestedOEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%about even with OEF

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and SIOO hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QYLG and SIOO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQYLGSIOO
NVIDIA CORP8.44%9.83%
APPLE INC7.73%9.24%
MICROSOFT CORP5.77%5.91%
AMAZON.COM INC4.31%4.41%
META PLATFORMS INC3.11%3.12%
ALPHABET INC-CL C3.00%3.62%
BROADCOM INC2.67%3.57%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC4.99%2.37%
TESLA INC3.01%2.23%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES3.97%2.00%
INTEL CORP2.48%1.12%
WALMART INC2.25%1.05%
Only in each
Only in QYLGOnly in SIOO
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.85%United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 7.85%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.29%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.03%
SANDISK CORP 1.14%JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.99%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 1.06%Eli Lilly & Co 1.85%
KLA CORP 1.00%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.49%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.93%Johnson & Johnson 1.45%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS 0.85%Visa Inc 1.37%
ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.79%AbbVie Inc 1.03%

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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QYLG and SIOO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QYLGSIOOQYLGSIOOQYLGSIOO
3 months−0.1%+4.0%2.1%3.7%+2.4 pts+0.7 pts
6 months+19.6%+14.3%4.6%7.9%−4.7 pts−5.8 pts
1 year+22.2%not published17.4%not published+0.5 ptsnot published
3 years+76.2%not published51.1%not published−22.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+122.0%+10.8%75.3%11.1%−52.0 pts−0.2 pts
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QYLG and SIOO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QYLG
Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
SIOO
VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF
Covered call on OEF, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 100 (OEF)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.8%15.1%
Expense ratio0.35%not published
Cash paid, 1 year17.4%11.1% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+2.4%−1.1%
Total return, 1 year+22.2%+10.8% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+11.0%
Ahead or behind+0.5 pts−0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate96%not published
Age2187 days281 days
Net assets$175m$21m

QYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLG paid 17.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

SIOO in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, SIOO paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +11.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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QYLG against SIOO, 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.

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