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TLTP vs TLTX: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year TLTX paid 15.7% of its price in cash against TLTP’s 12.1%, though TLTP returned more with it reinvested.

Amplify TLT U.S. Treasury 12% Option Income ETF and Global X Treasury Bond Enhanced Income ETF.

12.1%TLTP cash paid, 1 year
15.7%TLTX cash paid, 1 year
−1.7%TLTP total return, 1 year
−3.4%TLTX total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: TLTP scores higher

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

TLTP 55.2TLTX 47.73.8, 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

TLTP3 pts ahead of TLT · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
TLT−4.7%TLTP−1.7%3 pts ahead of TLTTotal return, distributions reinvestedTLT−4.7%TLTP−1.7%3 pts ahead of TLT
TLTX1.3 pts ahead of TLT · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
TLT−4.7%TLTX−3.4%1.3 pts ahead of TLTTotal return, distributions reinvestedTLT−4.7%TLTX−3.4%1.3 pts ahead of TLT

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in TLTPOnly in TLTX
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 71.89%GLOBAL X LONG-TERM TR LA ETF 40.78%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.125% 08/15/2056 28.08%T 5 05/15/56 9.79%
Cash & Other 0.27%T 4 3/4 02/15/56 7.85%
TLT 09/25/2026 81.5 C -0.24%T 4 5/8 11/15/55 6.36%
SP 0 05/15/56 6.31%
SP 0 02/15/56 6.14%
SP 0 11/15/55 3.97%
T 4 3/4 08/15/55 3.66%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

TLTP and TLTX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
TLTPTLTXTLTPTLTXTLTPTLTX
3 months−3.8%−4.8%3.2%3.9%+1.5 pts+0.4 pts
6 months−1.5%−2.7%6.5%8.2%+1.6 pts+0.5 pts
1 year−1.7%−3.4%12.1%15.7%+3.0 pts+1.3 pts
Since launch−1.2%+2.2%20.3%17.9%+2.7 pts+1.6 pts
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TLTP and TLTX on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TLTP
Amplify TLT U.S. Treasury 12% Option Income ETF
Option income on TLT, paying monthly
TLTX
Global X Treasury Bond Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on TLT, paying monthly
IssuerAmplifyGlobal X
Strategyoption incomecovered call
Benchmark20+ Year Treasury (TLT)20+ Year Treasury (TLT)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized13.3%18.9%
Expense ratio0.39%not published
Cash paid, 1 year12.1%15.7%
Price change, 1 year−13.4%−18.5%
Total return, 1 year−1.7%−3.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year−4.7%−4.7%
Ahead or behind+3.0 pts+1.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published73%
Age689 days429 days
Net assets$27m$15m

TLTP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TLTP paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.7%. 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) returned −4.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.

TLTX in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TLTX paid 15.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −3.4%. 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) returned −4.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.9%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 73% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, TLTP or TLTX?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TLTP paid 12.1% of its starting price in cash and TLTX paid 15.7%, so TLTX paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, TLTP or TLTX?
With every distribution reinvested, TLTP returned −1.7% and TLTX returned −3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so TLTP returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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TLTP against TLTX, 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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