Which paid more, XDTE or YMAG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting price in cash and YMAG paid 33.4%, so YMAG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, XDTE or YMAG?

With every distribution reinvested, XDTE returned +14.6% and YMAG +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, XDTE or YMAG?

XDTE charges 0.97% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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XDTE vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its price in cash against XDTE’s 25.5%, though XDTE returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $321m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, and $268m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.

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At a glance

25.5%

XDTE cash paid, 1 year

33.4%

YMAG cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

XDTE total return, 1 year

+5.8%

YMAG total return, 1 year

XDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

XDTE

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YMAG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG

+5.8%

Own

+4.6%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% of it arrived as cash

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XDTE costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.8 points; XDTE is 1.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XDTE vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XDTE	YMAG
Paid and earned
Measure	XDTE	YMAG
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	+5.8%
Price change, 1 year	fell 13.2%	fell 29.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XDTE	YMAG
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	XDTE	YMAG
Expense ratio	0.97%	1.34%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$315m	$268m
Holdings
Measure	XDTE	YMAG
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XDTE scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score39.2XDTE23.1YMAG

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

XDTE 39.2

YMAG 23.1

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 137 weekly returns

XDTE YMAG

Return

Total return edge YMAG +46.1% +57.6%

Annualized edge YMAG +15.5% +18.8%

Price return edge XDTE −28.0% −47.0%

Risk

Volatility edge XDTE 13.2% 19.7%

Max drawdown edge XDTE −16.7% −23.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XDTE (slight) 0.83 0.76

Sortino edge XDTE (slight) 1.19 1.14

Calmar edge XDTE 0.93 0.79

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, YMAG returned more: +57.6% to +46.1%. XDTE swung less: 13.2% to 19.7%. XDTE fell less at its worst: −16.7% to −23.7%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: XDTE vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XDTE	YMAG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+46.1%	+57.6%	YMAG	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.5%	+18.8%	YMAG	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−28.0%	−47.0%	XDTE	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	13.2%	19.7%	XDTE	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.3%	13.1%	XDTE	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−16.7%	−23.7%	XDTE	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.83	0.76	XDTE (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.19	1.14	XDTE (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.93	0.79	XDTE	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 137 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, XDTE and YMAG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XDTE YMAG

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XDTE

SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.03%

Only in YMAG

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Side by side

XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly

Issuer Roundhill YieldMax

Strategy 0DTE covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 12.4% 31.4%

Expense ratio 0.97% 1.34%

Cash paid, 1 year 25.5% 33.4%

Price change, 1 year −13.2% −29.4%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +5.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +4.6%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +1.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 11%

Age 2.7 years 2.8 years

Net assets, XDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026 $321m $268m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: XDTE vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XDTE	YMAG	XDTE	YMAG	XDTE	YMAG
3 months	+1.0%	+3.3%	4.2%	9.1%	+1.2 pts	+0.3 pts
6 months	+5.5%	+1.9%	9.3%	18.1%	+0.5 pts	−0.2 pts
1 year	+14.6%	+5.8%	25.5%	33.4%	−0.2 pts	+1.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: XDTE Mar 2024 · YMAG Jan 2024	+47.4%	+70.3%	60.8%	91.7%	−6.4 pts	not measured

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About each fund

XDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YMAG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, XDTE or YMAG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting price in cash and YMAG paid 33.4%, so YMAG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XDTE or YMAG?: With every distribution reinvested, XDTE returned +14.6% and YMAG +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, XDTE or YMAG?: XDTE charges 0.97% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

XDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for XDTE ↗

YMAG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YMAG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YMAG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YMAG ↗

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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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