Which is cheaper, ROCQ or TCAL?

ROCQ charges 0.35% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ROCQ vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ROCQ and TCAL both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $770m for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF and $324m for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

ROCQ on its own →TCAL on its own →

At a glance

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

11.4%

TCAL cash paid, 1 year

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+11.2%

TCAL total return, 1 year

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.

TCAL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL

+11.2%

Own

+14.6%

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+14.6%

TCAL

+11.2%

11.4% cash

3.4 pts behind its own stocks

11.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TCAL costs 0.01 points a year less; ROCQ is 2.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROCQ vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ROCQ	TCAL
Paid and earned
Measure	ROCQ	TCAL
Total return, 1 year	not published	+11.2%
Price change	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)	fell 1.2% (1 year)
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROCQ	TCAL
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own stocks
Cost and size
Measure	ROCQ	TCAL
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.34%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$770m	$324m
Holdings
Measure	ROCQ	TCAL
Holdings in common	15%

Method

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, ROCQ and TCAL hold 15% 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

15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROCQ TCAL

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.95% 1.55%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 7.25% 1.51%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.10% 1.05%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 3.36% 1.02%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.71% 0.96%

NETFLIX INC COMMON STOCK 1.40% 0.96%

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 0.92% 0.91%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 1.00% 0.87%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 4.05% 0.78%

SYNOPSYS INC COMMON STOCK 0.66% 0.95%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL 0.76% 0.51%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 0.51% 1.51%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROCQ

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.94%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 8.27%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 5.12%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.12%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.99%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 2.38%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 2.35%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.02%

Only in TCAL

DANAHER CORP 2.02%

WATERS CORP 1.99%

VERALTO CORP 1.89%

WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.82%

YUM BRANDS INC 1.73%

VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.71%

LINDE PLC 1.65%

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 1.61%

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Side by side

ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly TCAL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan T. Rowe Price

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) TCAL'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% 13.0%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.34%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) 11.4%

Price change, 1 year +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) −1.2%

Total return, 1 year +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +11.2%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +14.6%

Ahead or behind −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) −3.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 230 days 1.6 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $770m $324m

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 TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ROCQ	TCAL	ROCQ	TCAL	ROCQ	TCAL
3 months	−3.5%	+5.3%	2.7%	2.6%	−0.1 pts	−1.8 pts
6 months	−1.2%	+12.3%	5.8%	6.3%	−0.8 pts	−0.9 pts
1 year	–	+11.2%	–	11.4%	–	−3.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ROCQ Mar 2026 · TCAL Mar 2025	+11.9%	+12.0%	7.8%	16.9%	−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.

TCAL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCQ or TCAL?: ROCQ charges 0.35% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ROCQ on its own →TCAL on its own →ROCQ dividend history →ROCQ holdings →TCAL dividend history →TCAL holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ROCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

TCAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TCAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

T. Rowe Price 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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