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SDTY vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?

SDTY and TPRY both write options for income.

YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

24.4%SDTY cash paid, 1 year
7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
+15.8%SDTY total return, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
SDTY0.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SDTY+15.8%24.4% of it arrived as cash0.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SDTY+15.8%24.4% as cash0.8 pts behind SPY
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%7.4% cash9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in SDTYOnly in TPRY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 88.32%Micron Technology Inc 13.23%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 8.93%Amazon.com Inc 12.40%
United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 2.55%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%
United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027 0.10%Alphabet Inc 6.91%
United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027 0.09%Meta Platforms Inc 5.35%
Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%
Apple Inc 4.91%
Vistra Corp 4.57%

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 Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SDTY and TPRY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SDTYTPRYSDTYTPRYSDTYTPRY
3 months+3.2%−5.9%5.9%3.5%+1.0 pts−8.2 pts
6 months+16.5%+11.9%13.7%8.1%−1.6 pts−6.1 pts
1 year+15.8%not published24.4%not published−0.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+22.3%+2.1%35.4%7.4%−5.8 pts−9.3 pts
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SDTY and TPRY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SDTY
YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
TPRY
VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerYieldMaxVistaShares
Strategy0DTE covered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized19.8%15.3%
Expense ratio1.08%0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year24.4%7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−10.8%−5.4%
Total return, 1 year+15.8%+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+11.4%
Ahead or behind−0.8 pts−9.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age589 days204 days
Net assets$28m$4m

SDTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDTY paid 24.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

TPRY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SDTY or TPRY?
SDTY charges 1.08% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so TPRY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SDTY against TPRY, 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, SDTY against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/sdty-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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