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

ROCQ and XQQI both write options for income.

JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF and NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF.

5.8%ROCQ cash paid, 1 year
13.7%XQQI cash paid, 1 year
+18.0%ROCQ total return, 1 year
+14.3%XQQI 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
XQQI2.9 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+17.3%XQQI+14.3%13.7% of it arrived as cash2.9 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+17.3%XQQI+14.3%13.7% cash2.9 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ROCQ and XQQI hold 66% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROCQ and XQQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROCQXQQI
NVIDIA Corp.8.37%8.70%
Apple, Inc.7.12%7.91%
Micron Technology, Inc.6.70%5.12%
Microsoft Corp.5.03%5.94%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.52%4.39%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.4.74%4.08%
Alphabet, Inc.6.30%3.28%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.94%3.27%
Tesla, Inc.2.94%3.01%
Broadcom, Inc.2.93%2.75%
Intel Corp.3.58%2.44%
Walmart, Inc.3.50%2.38%
Only in each
Only in ROCQOnly in XQQI
Johnson & Johnson 0.95%Alphabet Inc 3.02%
Coca-Cola Co. (The) 0.75%Cisco Systems Inc 1.91%
Norfolk Southern Corp. 0.73%Costco Wholesale Corp 1.84%
AbbVie, Inc. 0.65%Applied Materials Inc 1.60%
Southern Co. (The) 0.46%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 1.13%
Entergy Corp. 0.42%Texas Instruments Inc 1.12%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 0.42%KLA CORP 1.08%
International Business Machines Corp. 0.40%Linde PLC 0.97%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ROCQ and XQQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCQXQQIROCQXQQIROCQXQQI
3 months0.0%−2.7%3.0%4.8%+2.5 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+20.0%+21.8%5.9%11.4%−4.2 pts−2.4 pts
Since launch+18.0%+14.3%5.8%13.7%−4.0 pts−2.9 pts
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ROCQ and XQQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
XQQI
NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganNEOS
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.6%20.5%
Expense rationot published0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)13.7% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+12.0%−0.3%
Total return, 1 year+18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+14.3% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.9%+17.3%
Ahead or behind−4.0 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age183 days227 days
Net assets$629m$351m

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.

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).

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ROCQ against XQQI, 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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