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

ROCY and TSPY both write options for income.

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

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
14.1%TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+15.1%TSPY 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
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% as cash1.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in TSPY
NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
Apple, Inc. 6.71%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.33%
Microsoft Corp. 4.97%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.61%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43%

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

ROCY and TSPY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYTSPYROCYTSPYROCYTSPY
3 months+2.6%+2.3%1.7%3.5%+0.3 pts0.0 pts
6 months+14.8%+16.4%3.7%7.6%−3.3 pts−1.6 pts
1 yearnot published+15.1%not published14.1%not published−1.5 pts
Since launch+13.5%+37.3%3.6%28.7%−2.9 pts−4.0 pts
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ROCY and TSPY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
TSPY
TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganTappAlpha
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%14.0%
Expense ratio0.35%0.77%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)14.1%
Price change, 1 year+9.7%−0.1%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+15.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days764 days
Net assets$726m$311m

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.

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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or TSPY?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and TSPY charges 0.77%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ROCY 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.

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

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