Which is cheaper, ROCQ or SCEP?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ROCQ vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ROCQ and SCEP both write options for income.

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Net assets: $770m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF, and $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF.

ROCQ on its own →SCEP on its own →

At a glance

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

6.1%

SCEP cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+5.3%

SCEP total return, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

ROCQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ

+11.9%

QQQ

+17.1%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

7.8% of it arrived as cash

5.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

7.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 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

ROCQ costs 0.30 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROCQ vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ROCQ	SCEP
Paid and earned
Measure	ROCQ	SCEP
Price change	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)	fell 1.1% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROCQ	SCEP
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own stocks
Cost and size
Measure	ROCQ	SCEP
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, ROCQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026	$770m	$235m
Holdings
Measure	ROCQ	SCEP
Holdings in common	44%

Method

What they share

44%

By the books each fund has filed, ROCQ and SCEP hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

44% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROCQ SCEP

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 8.27% 5.61%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.94% 5.61%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 5.12% 5.88%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.95% 4.60%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 7.25% 3.43%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.71% 5.51%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 2.35% 2.60%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 3.36% 2.19%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.10% 2.16%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 2.38% 1.84%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 4.05% 1.03%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 1.00% 1.51%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROCQ

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.12%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.99%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.02%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 1.75%

INTEL CORP COMMON STOCK 1.61%

ASML HOLDING NV NY REG 1.31%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 1.18%

SHOPIFY INC COMMON STOCK 1.00%

Only in SCEP

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.50%

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP 2.59%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 2.36%

WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 2.11%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC 2.04%

EQUINIX INC 2.02%

VISA INC 1.94%

AMPHENOL CORP 1.90%

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Side by side

ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly SCEP STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan 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 11.6% 7.0%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) 6.1% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) −1.0% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +5.3% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) not published

Ahead or behind −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 230 days 328 days

Net assets, ROCQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026 $770m $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: ROCQ vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ROCQ	SCEP	ROCQ	SCEP	ROCQ	SCEP
3 months	−3.5%	−1.2%	2.7%	1.7%	−0.1 pts	+0.8 pts
6 months	−1.2%	+2.4%	5.8%	3.5%	−0.8 pts	+0.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ROCQ Mar 2026 · SCEP Dec 2025	+11.9%	+5.3%	7.8%	6.1%	−5.2 pts	not measured

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About each fund

ROCQ

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCQ paid 7.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.6%, paid monthly.

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCQ or SCEP?: ROCQ charges 0.35% a year and SCEP charges 0.65%, so ROCQ 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 →ROCQ on its own →SCEP on its own →ROCQ dividend history →ROCQ holdings →SCEP dividend history →SCEP holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ROCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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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