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

TPRY and XQQI both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF and NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF.

7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
13.7%XQQI cash paid, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
+14.3%XQQI total return, 1 year
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
XQQI2.9 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+17.3%XQQI+14.3%13.7% of it arrived as cash2.9 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+17.3%XQQI+14.3%13.7% as cash2.9 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TPRY and XQQI hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions TPRY and XQQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingTPRYXQQI
Micron Technology Inc13.23%5.12%
Apple Inc4.91%7.91%
Amazon.com Inc12.40%4.39%
NVIDIA Corp4.39%8.70%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc3.70%4.08%
Meta Platforms Inc5.35%3.27%
Alphabet Inc6.91%3.02%
Lam Research Corp4.08%1.67%
Broadcom Inc1.49%2.75%
QUALCOMM Inc1.38%0.85%
ASML Holding NV2.63%0.70%
CoreWeave Inc2.71%0.17%
Only in each
Only in TPRYOnly in XQQI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%Microsoft Corp 5.94%
Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%Alphabet Inc 3.28%
Vistra Corp 4.57%Tesla Inc 3.01%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46%Intel Corp 2.44%
Boeing Co/The 4.30%Walmart Inc 2.38%
NRG Energy Inc 4.18%Cisco Systems Inc 1.91%
Baidu Inc 3.72%Palantir Technologies Inc 1.86%
American Airlines Group Inc 3.42%Costco Wholesale Corp 1.84%

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

TPRY and XQQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
TPRYXQQITPRYXQQITPRYXQQI
3 months−5.9%−2.7%3.5%4.8%−8.2 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+11.9%+21.8%8.1%11.4%−6.1 pts−2.4 pts
Since launch+2.1%+14.3%7.4%13.7%−9.3 pts−2.9 pts
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TPRY and XQQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TPRY
VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
XQQI
NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesNEOS
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized15.3%20.5%
Expense ratio0.95%0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)13.7% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−5.4%−0.3%
Total return, 1 year+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)+14.3% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+11.4%+17.3%
Ahead or behind−9.3 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age204 days227 days
Net assets$4m$351m

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.

XQQI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XQQI paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, TPRY or XQQI?
TPRY charges 0.95% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so TPRY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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TPRY against XQQI, 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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