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ROCQ vs TSPY: which paid, and which earned it?

ROCQ and TSPY both write options for income.

JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF and TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

5.8%ROCQ cash paid, 1 year
14.1%TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+18.0%ROCQ total return, 1 year
+15.1%TSPY total return, 1 year
ROCQ4 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%5.8% as cash4 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%4 pts behind QQQ
TSPY1.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%TSPY+15.1%14.1% of it arrived as cash1.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%TSPY+15.1%14.1% cash1.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ROCQ and TSPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in ROCQOnly in TSPY
NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
Apple, Inc. 7.12%
Micron Technology, Inc. 6.70%
Alphabet, Inc. 6.30%
Microsoft Corp. 5.03%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.74%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.52%
Lam Research Corp. 4.21%

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.

Performance, window by window

ROCQ and TSPY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCQTSPYROCQTSPYROCQTSPY
3 months0.0%+2.3%3.0%3.5%+2.5 pts0.0 pts
6 months+20.0%+16.4%5.9%7.6%−4.2 pts−1.6 pts
1 yearnot published+15.1%not published14.1%not published−1.5 pts
Since launch+18.0%+37.3%5.8%28.7%−4.0 pts−4.0 pts
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ROCQ and TSPY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
TSPY
TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganTappAlpha
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.6%14.0%
Expense rationot published0.77%
Cash paid, 1 year5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)14.1%
Price change, 1 year+12.0%−0.1%
Total return, 1 year+18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+15.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.9%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−4.0 pts−1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days764 days
Net assets$629m$311m

ROCQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly.

TSPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TSPY paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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ROCQ against TSPY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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