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TSLY vs XDTE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year TSLY paid 53.2% of its price in cash against XDTE’s 26.9%, though XDTE returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

53.2%TSLY cash paid, 1 year
26.9%XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+3.9%TSLY total return, 1 year
+16.6%XDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: TSLY scores higher

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

TSLY 69.7XDTE 46.39.1, the lowest in this set97.6, the highest

A percentile among the 61 income ETFs writing on a single company. 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

TSLY4.8 pts ahead of TSLA · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
TSLA−0.9%TSLY+3.9%53.2% as cash4.8 pts ahead of TSLATotal return, distributions reinvestedTSLA−0.9%TSLY+3.9%4.8 pts ahead of TSLA
XDTE0.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%26.9% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%XDTE+16.6%26.9% as cash0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in TSLYOnly in XDTE
TREASURY BILL 22.62%SPX 03/19/2027 678.8 C 67.54%
TREASURY BILL 22.39%SPX 06/11/2027 678.8 C 25.09%
TREASURY BILL 22.04%Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 7.36%
TREASURY BILL 20.60%
TREASURY BILL 12.35%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

TSLY and XDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
TSLYXDTETSLYXDTETSLYXDTE
3 months−9.9%+3.9%10.8%5.1%+0.2 pts+0.6 pts
6 months−7.9%+13.4%22.0%10.5%−1.3 pts−2.6 pts
1 year+3.9%+16.6%53.2%26.9%+4.8 pts−0.9 pts
3 years+19.4%not published83.5%not published−17.2 ptsnot published
Since launch+38.5%+45.7%97.1%59.3%−61.0 pts−7.2 pts
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TSLY and XDTE on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TSLY
YieldMax(R) TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on TSLA, paying weekly
XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerYieldMaxRoundhill
Strategysynthetic covered call0DTE covered call
BenchmarkTesla (TSLA)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized50.0%17.6%
Expense ratio1.07%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year53.2%26.9%
Price change, 1 year−44.2%−12.8%
Total return, 1 year+3.9%+16.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year−0.9%+17.5%
Ahead or behind+4.8 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age1388 days918 days

TSLY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, TSLY paid 53.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 44.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.9%. Tesla (TSLA) returned −0.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.8 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 50.0%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

XDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XDTE paid 26.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.6%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, TSLY or XDTE?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, TSLY paid 53.2% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 26.9%, so TSLY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, TSLY or XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, TSLY returned +3.9% and XDTE returned +16.6% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so XDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, TSLY or XDTE?
TSLY charges 1.07% a year and XDTE charges 0.97%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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TSLY against XDTE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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