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

Over the year TDAQ paid 17.4% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF and TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
17.4%TDAQ cash paid, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year
+22.8%TDAQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

SIXH 81.8TDAQ 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

SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY
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% as cash1 pt ahead of QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in SIXHOnly in TDAQ
Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 100.00%
Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
AT&T INC. 3.59%
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SIXH and TDAQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SIXHTDAQSIXHTDAQSIXHTDAQ
3 months+4.5%−1.0%0.5%4.1%+2.2 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+7.4%+22.7%0.9%9.7%−10.6 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+16.3%+22.8%2.0%17.4%−0.3 pts+1.0 pts
3 years+43.8%not published6.6%not published−34.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+96.3%+27.2%16.0%18.0%−88.5 pts+1.2 pts
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SIXH and TDAQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
TDAQ
TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerExchange Traded ConceptsTappAlpha
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.4%17.1%
Expense ratio0.69%0.83%
Cash paid, 1 year2.0%17.4%
Price change, 1 year+14.1%+3.4%
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+22.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−0.3 pts+1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2321 days379 days
Net assets$543m$248m

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, 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, SIXH or TDAQ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% 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, SIXH or TDAQ?
With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +16.3% and TDAQ returned +22.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so TDAQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, SIXH or TDAQ?
SIXH charges 0.69% a year and TDAQ charges 0.83%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SIXH 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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