Which is cheaper, QYLG or SIOO?

QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLG vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QYLG and SIOO 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 $25m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

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At a glance

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

13.6%

SIOO cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+14.4%

QYLG total return, 1 year

+10.8%

SIOO 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.

SIOO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with OEF

SIOO

+10.8%

OEF

+10.9%

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

13.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with OEF

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

13.6% as cash

about even with OEF

13.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.24 points a year less; QYLG is 8.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLG vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLG	SIOO
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLG	SIOO
Total return, 1 year	+14.4%	not published
Price change	fell 3.9% (1 year)	fell 3.6% (since Dec 11, 2025)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	97% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLG	SIOO
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 100, measured through OEF
Cost and size
Measure	QYLG	SIOO
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$183m	$22m
Holdings
Measure	QYLG	SIOO
Holdings in common	52%

Method

What they share

52%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and SIOO hold 52% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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52% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLG SIOO

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13% 8.37%

APPLE INC. 7.59% 9.09%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78% 6.30%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89% 4.54%

BROADCOM INC. 3.09% 3.17%

ALPHABET INC. 3.25% 2.80%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.76% 2.84%

TESLA, INC. 2.60% 2.23%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29% 1.84%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59% 1.63%

WALMART INC. 2.50% 1.18%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.95% 0.94%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLG

KLA CORPORATION 1.10%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.96%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS, INC. 0.90%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.89%

WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.87%

ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0.82%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0.76%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.69%

Only in SIOO

Eli Lilly & Co 2.30%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.20%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.92%

Visa Inc 1.51%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.43%

Johnson & Johnson 1.36%

Mastercard Inc 1.11%

AbbVie Inc 1.06%

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Side by side

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

Issuer Global X VistaShares

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 100 (OEF)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.1% 15.4%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.59%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.7% 13.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year −3.9% −3.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +14.4% +10.8% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +10.9% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Ahead or behind +2.1 pts −0.1 pts (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 97%

Age 6.1 years 328 days

Net assets, QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and SIOO as of Nov 3, 2026 $183m $25m

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 SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLG	SIOO	QYLG	SIOO	QYLG	SIOO
3 months	−0.8%	+0.8%	1.6%	3.7%	+2.6 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+5.6%	4.0%	7.5%	+2.8 pts	+1.1 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 · SIOO Dec 2025	+116.2%	+10.8%	76.4%	13.6%	−46.8 pts	−0.1 pts

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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.

SIOO

Over the period from its first trade on Dec 11, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, SIOO paid 13.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +10.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.4%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QYLG or SIOO?: QYLG charges 0.35% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗

SIOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SIOO 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

VistaShares page for SIOO ↗

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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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