Data as of .
ROCY vs TCAL: which paid, and which earned it?
ROCY and TCAL both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and TCAL hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ROCY | TCAL |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.15% | 1.53% |
| Mastercard, Inc. | 1.57% | 1.50% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.97% | 1.50% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.63% | 1.16% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 1.69% | 1.04% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.43% | 1.01% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.61% | 0.95% |
| RTX Corp. | 1.07% | 0.86% |
| Southern Co. (The) | 0.76% | 0.72% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 0.71% | 1.49% |
| Stryker Corp. | 0.69% | 1.50% |
| McDonald's Corp. | 0.65% | 1.70% |
| Only in ROCY | Only in TCAL |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% | DANAHER CORP 2.01% |
| Apple, Inc. 6.71% | WATERS CORP 1.97% |
| Alphabet, Inc. 5.33% | VERALTO CORP 1.87% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00% | WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.80% |
| Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15% | YUM BRANDS INC 1.72% |
| Lam Research Corp. 1.76% | VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.69% |
| Tesla, Inc. 1.55% | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 1.60% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% | TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.56% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCY | TCAL | ROCY | TCAL | ROCY | TCAL | |
| 3 months | +2.6% | +4.2% | 1.7% | 3.5% | +0.3 pts | +1.9 pts |
| 6 months | +14.8% | +5.3% | 3.7% | 6.3% | −3.3 pts | −12.7 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +3.0% | not published | 11.4% | not published | −13.5 pts |
| Since launch | +13.5% | +3.9% | 3.6% | 15.2% | −2.9 pts | −32.7 pts |
| ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | TCAL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | JPMorgan | T. Rowe Price |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 5.7% | 9.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.34% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) | 11.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +9.7% | −8.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) | +3.0% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.4% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −2.9 pts | −13.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 183 days | 540 days |
| Net assets | $726m | $276m |
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.
TCAL in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.4%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, ROCY or TCAL?
- ROCY 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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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, ROCY against TCAL, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rocy-vs-tcal Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.