Which is cheaper, QYLG or XSPI?

QYLG charges 0.35% a year and XSPI charges 0.98%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLG vs XSPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QYLG and XSPI 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 $140m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted S&P 500 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

13.9%

XSPI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+14.4%

QYLG total return, 1 year

+12.4%

XSPI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

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.

XSPI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

XSPI

+12.4%

SPY

+12.1%

About even with SPY

XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.1%

XSPI

+12.4%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.1%

XSPI

+12.4%

13.9% as cash

about even with SPY

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.63 points a year less; QYLG is 1.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLG vs XSPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLG	XSPI
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLG	XSPI
Total return, 1 year	+14.4%	not published
Price change	fell 3.9% (1 year)	fell 2.3% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	98% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLG	XSPI
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	QYLG	XSPI
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$183m	$129m
Holdings
Measure	QYLG	XSPI
Holdings in common	53%

Method

What they share

53%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and XSPI hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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53% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLG XSPI

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13% 8.10%

APPLE INC. 7.59% 7.92%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78% 6.26%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89% 3.98%

ALPHABET INC. 3.47% 2.66%

BROADCOM INC. 3.09% 2.52%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.76% 2.14%

ALPHABET INC. 3.25% 2.12%

TESLA, INC. 2.60% 1.78%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29% 1.49%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59% 1.23%

WALMART INC. 2.50% 0.87%

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Only in QYLG

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.96%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.69%

SHOPIFY INC. 0.66%

ARM Holdings PLC 0.47%

MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.44%

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC. 0.31%

PDD Holdings Inc. 0.27%

Astera Labs Inc 0.24%

Only in XSPI

Eli Lilly & Co 1.79%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.65%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.45%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.20%

SPX US 01/15/27 C7695 1.12%

Visa Inc 1.10%

Johnson & Johnson 1.03%

Mastercard Inc 0.83%

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Side by side

QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly XSPI NEOS Boosted S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Global X NEOS

Strategy covered call option income

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.1% 16.6%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.7% 13.9% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −3.9% −2.3% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +14.4% +12.4% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +12.1% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Ahead or behind +2.1 pts +0.3 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 98%

Age 6.1 years 274 days

Net assets, QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and XSPI as of Oct 28, 2026 $183m $140m

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 XSPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLG	XSPI	QYLG	XSPI	QYLG	XSPI
3 months	−0.8%	+1.1%	1.6%	4.2%	+2.6 pts	+1.2 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+7.0%	4.0%	8.5%	+2.8 pts	+2.0 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 · XSPI Feb 2026	+116.2%	+12.4%	76.4%	13.9%	−46.8 pts	+0.3 pts

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Alert

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.

XSPI

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XSPI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.6%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QYLG or XSPI?: QYLG charges 0.35% a year and XSPI charges 0.98%, 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 ↗

XSPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XSPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XSPI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for XSPI ↗

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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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