Data as of .
RDVI vs XQQI: which paid, and which earned it?
RDVI and XQQI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, RDVI and XQQI hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | RDVI | XQQI |
|---|---|---|
| Lam Research Corporation | 2.31% | 2.49% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 2.30% | 2.54% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.18% | 5.94% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2.16% | 8.26% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2.05% | 4.72% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 2.04% | 2.78% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 1.97% | 3.50% |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | 1.78% | 1.87% |
| Apple Inc. | 1.66% | 7.25% |
| KLA Corporation | 2.16% | 1.49% |
| Western Digital Corporation | 0.92% | 0.88% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 1.26% | 0.55% |
| Only in RDVI | Only in XQQI |
|---|---|
| The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% | Amazon.com Inc 4.37% |
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% | Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.36% |
| GE Vernova Inc. 2.19% | Tesla Inc 3.55% |
| The Allstate Corporation 2.14% | Intel Corp 3.27% |
| Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13% | Alphabet Inc 3.24% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.10% | Broadcom Inc 2.99% |
| U.S. Bancorp 2.08% | Walmart Inc 2.58% |
| Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.06% | Netflix Inc 1.39% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDVI | XQQI | RDVI | XQQI | RDVI | XQQI | |
| 3 months | +0.3% | −2.7% | 2.1% | 4.8% | −6.3 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +15.1% | +21.8% | 4.6% | 11.4% | +2.5 pts | −2.4 pts |
| 1 year | +19.2% | not published | 8.8% | not published | −8.0 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +101.2% | +14.3% | 41.0% | 13.7% | +32.0 pts | −2.9 pts |
| RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | NEOS |
| Strategy | dividend stocks with call overlay | option income |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.8% | 20.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.98% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.8% | 13.7% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.6% | −0.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.2% | +14.3% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +27.2% | +17.3% |
| Ahead or behind | −8.0 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 1429 days | 227 days |
| Net assets | $3.7bn | $351m |
RDVI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
XQQI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XQQI paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, RDVI or XQQI?
- RDVI charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so RDVI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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