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

XDTE and YSPC both write options for income.

Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and YieldMax(R) [SpaceX] Option Income Strategy ETF.

26.5%XDTE cash paid, 1 year
10.9%YSPC cash paid, 1 year
+15.6%XDTE total return, 1 year
+6.4%YSPC total return, 1 year
XDTE1 pt behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XDTE+15.6%26.5% of it arrived as cash1 pt behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XDTE+15.6%26.5% as cash1 pt behind SPY
YSPC5.3 pts ahead of SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+1.2%YSPC+6.4%10.9% of it arrived as cash5.3 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+1.2%YSPC+6.4%5.3 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, XDTE and YSPC hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions XDTE and YSPC both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingXDTEYSPC
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20311.84%5.82%
Only in each
Only in XDTEOnly in YSPC
SPX 03/19/2027 678.8 C 66.30%United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027 43.24%
SPX 06/11/2027 678.8 C 24.62%United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027 34.02%
Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 7.23%United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 16.09%
SPCX 10/16/2026 150.01 C 6.39%
SPACE EX CLL OPT 09/26 162.500 0.62%
SPACE EX CLL OPT 09/26 157.500 0.07%
SPACE EX CLL OPT 09/26 152.500 -0.15%
SPACE EX CLL OPT 09/26 155 -1.85%

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

XDTE and YSPC over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
XDTEYSPCXDTEYSPCXDTEYSPC
3 months+2.5%not published5.1%not published+0.3 ptsnot published
6 months+14.9%not published10.6%not published−3.1 ptsnot published
1 year+15.6%not published26.5%not published−1.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+45.9%+6.4%59.5%10.9%−6.9 pts+5.3 pts
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XDTE and YSPC on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
YSPC
YieldMax(R) [SpaceX] Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerRoundhillYieldMax
Strategy0DTE covered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized15.2%63.0%
Expense ratio0.97%1.01%
Cash paid, 1 year26.5%10.9% (since launch on Jul 15, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−13.4%−5.3%
Total return, 1 year+15.6%+6.4% (since launch on Jul 15, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+1.2%
Ahead or behind−1.0 pts+5.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published0%
Age925 days65 days
Net assets$336m$32m

XDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XDTE paid 26.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid weekly.

YSPC in plain words

Over the period since launch on Jul 15, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, YSPC paid 10.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +1.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 63.0%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 18, 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, XDTE or YSPC?
XDTE charges 0.97% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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XDTE against YSPC, 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, XDTE against YSPC, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/xdte-vs-yspc Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources