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TPAY vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?

TPAY and YYY both write options for income.

Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF and Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

5.8%TPAY cash paid, 1 year
12.1%YYY cash paid, 1 year
+11.0%TPAY total return, 1 year
+3.4%YYY total return, 1 year
TPAY0.8 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%5.8% of it arrived as cash0.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%0.8 pts behind SPY
YYY13.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%12.1% as cash13.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%13.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in TPAYOnly in YYY
SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 61.75%abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61%
SPY 04/16/2027 33.18 C 33.20%BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33%
SPYM 03/12/2027 3.33 C 5.05%Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32%
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30%
PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04%
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98%
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66%
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45%

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

TPAY and YYY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
TPAYYYYTPAYYYYTPAYYYY
3 months+1.5%−2.5%2.4%3.1%−0.8 pts−4.8 pts
6 months+17.3%+4.7%5.3%6.5%−0.7 pts−13.3 pts
1 yearnot published+3.4%not published12.1%not published−13.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+37.1%not published37.7%not published−41.3 pts
Since launch+11.0%+117.8%5.8%112.4%−0.8 pts−519.1 pts
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TPAY and YYY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TPAY
Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
YYY
Amplify CEF High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerRoundhillAmplify
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.5%13.3%
Expense ratio0.49%3.23%
Cash paid, 1 year5.8% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)12.1%
Price change, 1 year+4.9%−8.8%
Total return, 1 year+11.0% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)+3.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+11.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.8 pts−13.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age212 days5211 days
Net assets$2m$702m

TPAY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPAY paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.8% 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 9.5%, paid monthly.

YYY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, TPAY or YYY?
TPAY charges 0.49% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so TPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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TPAY against YYY, 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, TPAY against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/tpay-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources