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

ROCY and XIMR both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF and FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March.

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
6.7%XIMR cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+7.5%XIMR 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
XIMR9.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XIMR+7.5%6.7% of it arrived as cash9.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XIMR+7.5%9.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in XIMR
NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.06 114.57%
Apple, Inc. 6.71%2027-03-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 648.56 1.15%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.33%US Dollar 0.78%
Microsoft Corp. 4.97%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/01/2026 0.60%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.60%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 01/21/2027 0.59%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.61%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 02/18/2027 0.59%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 03/18/2027 0.59%

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 XIMR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYXIMRROCYXIMRROCYXIMR
3 months+2.6%+1.5%1.7%1.8%+0.3 pts−0.8 pts
6 months+14.8%+5.0%3.7%3.1%−3.3 pts−13.1 pts
1 yearnot published+7.5%not published6.7%not published−9.1 pts
Since launch+13.5%+19.2%3.6%16.2%−2.9 pts−32.9 pts
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ROCY and XIMR on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
XIMR
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganFirst Trust
Strategycovered callbuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%7.3%
Expense ratio0.35%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)6.7%
Price change, 1 year+9.7%+0.5%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+7.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−9.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days913 days
Net assets$726m$27m

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.

XIMR in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XIMR paid 6.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or XIMR?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and XIMR charges 0.85%, 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 XIMR, 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 XIMR, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rocy-vs-ximr Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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