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ROCY vs SPIN: which paid, and which earned it?

ROCY and SPIN both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF and State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF.

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPIN cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+11.3%SPIN total return, 1 year
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY
SPIN5.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2% of it arrived as cash5.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and SPIN hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROCY and SPIN both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROCYSPIN
NVIDIA Corp.8.37%9.87%
Apple, Inc.6.71%6.03%
Microsoft Corp.4.97%7.06%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.15%4.87%
Micron Technology, Inc.3.00%2.91%
Broadcom, Inc.2.61%3.23%
Eli Lilly & Co.1.47%2.00%
Bank of America Corp.1.31%1.25%
RTX Corp.1.07%0.78%
Wells Fargo & Co.2.15%0.66%
Eaton Corp. plc0.67%0.65%
ConocoPhillips0.75%0.65%
Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in SPIN
Alphabet, Inc. 5.33%ALPHABET INC CL A 5.65%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43%META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.14%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.69%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.61%
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63%JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 2.09%
Mastercard, Inc. 1.57%EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.07%
AbbVie, Inc. 1.46%APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.52%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38%VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.47%
Philip Morris International, Inc. 1.23%AMPHENOL CORP CL A 1.28%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ROCY and SPIN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYSPINROCYSPINROCYSPIN
3 months+2.6%+3.7%1.7%0.8%+0.3 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+14.8%+12.3%3.7%3.2%−3.3 pts−5.8 pts
1 yearnot published+11.3%not published5.2%not published−5.2 pts
Since launch+13.5%+28.5%3.6%15.2%−2.9 pts−13.7 pts
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ROCY and SPIN on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SPIN
State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganState Street
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%2.7%
Expense ratio0.35%0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)5.2%
Price change, 1 year+9.7%+5.8%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+11.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−5.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days743 days
Net assets$726m$48m

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% 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 5.7%, paid monthly.

SPIN in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPIN paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or SPIN?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ROCY against SPIN, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, ROCY against SPIN, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rocy-vs-spin Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources