Which is cheaper, ROCQ or XYLD?

ROCQ charges 0.35% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ROCQ vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ROCQ and XYLD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $770m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

10.7%

XYLD cash paid, 1 year

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+15.9%

XYLD 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.

XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD

+15.9%

SPY

+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCQ costs 0.25 points a year less; XYLD is 4.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROCQ vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ROCQ	XYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	ROCQ	XYLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+15.9%
Price change	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)	rose 4.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROCQ	XYLD
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	ROCQ	XYLD
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$731m	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ROCQ	XYLD
Holdings in common	52%

Method

What they share

52%

By the books each fund has filed, ROCQ and XYLD hold 52% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

52% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROCQ XYLD

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.94% 7.64%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 8.27% 7.13%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 7.25% 5.42%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.95% 4.18%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.71% 2.90%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 5.12% 2.65%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 3.36% 1.92%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.12% 1.46%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.99% 1.38%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.10% 1.22%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 1.00% 0.97%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 4.05% 0.77%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROCQ

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.02%

ASML HOLDING NV NY REG 1.31%

SHOPIFY INC COMMON STOCK 1.00%

ARM HOLDINGS PLC ADR USD 0.26%

ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.24%

INSMED INC COMMON STOCK 0.21%

NEBIUS GROUP NV COMMON 0.21%

CHENIERE ENERGY INC 0.19%

Only in XYLD

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.48%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.47%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.43%

VISA INC. 0.95%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.72%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.66%

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.64%

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Side by side

ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 11.6% 9.1%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) 10.7%

Price change, 1 year +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +4.4%

Total return, 1 year +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +15.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +14.8%

Ahead or behind −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +1.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%

Age 230 days 13.4 years

Net assets, ROCQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $770m $3.4bn

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 XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ROCQ	XYLD	ROCQ	XYLD	ROCQ	XYLD
3 months	−3.5%	+2.4%	2.7%	2.2%	−0.1 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	−1.2%	+7.9%	5.8%	5.1%	−0.8 pts	+2.9 pts
1 year	–	+15.9%	–	10.7%	–	+1.1 pts
3 years	–	+48.4%	–	34.0%	–	−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ROCQ Mar 2026 · XYLD Jun 2013	+11.9%	+194.8%	7.8%	114.5%	−5.2 pts	−316.0 pts

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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.

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 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 XYLD?: ROCQ charges 0.35% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ROCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

XYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLD ↗

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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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