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SCLZ vs TDAQ: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year TDAQ paid 17.4% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
17.4%TDAQ cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+22.8%TDAQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: TDAQ scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

SCLZ 43.6TDAQ 74.53.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

SCLZ14 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%8.4% of it arrived as cash14 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%14 pts behind SCHD
TDAQ1 pt ahead of QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%TDAQ+22.8%17.4% of it arrived as cash1 pt ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%TDAQ+22.8%17.4% cash1 pt ahead of QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in TDAQ
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 7.89%Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 100.00%
APPLE INC 6.15%
NVIDIA CORP 5.99%
ALPHABET INC 5.18%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.14%
BROADCOM INC 4.71%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.86%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.75%

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

SCLZ and TDAQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZTDAQSCLZTDAQSCLZTDAQ
3 months+2.9%−1.0%2.1%4.1%−3.6 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+14.2%+22.7%3.8%9.7%+1.6 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+13.2%+22.8%8.4%17.4%−14.0 pts+1.0 pts
Since launch+36.5%+27.2%19.6%18.0%−6.3 pts+1.2 pts
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SCLZ and TDAQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SCLZ
Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
TDAQ
TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerSwanTappAlpha
Strategydividend stocks with call overlayoption income
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%17.1%
Expense ratio0.79%0.83%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%17.4%
Price change, 1 year+4.1%+3.4%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+22.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts+1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age934 days379 days
Net assets$20m$248m

SCLZ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

TDAQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TDAQ paid 17.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SCLZ or TDAQ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and TDAQ paid 17.4%, so TDAQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SCLZ or TDAQ?
With every distribution reinvested, SCLZ returned +13.2% and TDAQ returned +22.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so TDAQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, SCLZ or TDAQ?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and TDAQ charges 0.83%, so SCLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SCLZ against TDAQ, 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.

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