Which paid more, YMAG or YQQQ?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting price in cash and YQQQ paid 26.8%, 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, YMAG or YQQQ?

With every distribution reinvested, YMAG returned +5.8% and YQQQ +6.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, YMAG or YQQQ?

YMAG charges 1.34% a year and YQQQ charges 1.11%, so YQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

YMAG vs YQQQ: 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 YQQQ’s 26.8%, though YQQQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $268m for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs and $15m for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

33.4%

YMAG cash paid, 1 year

26.8%

YQQQ cash paid, 1 year

+5.8%

YMAG total return, 1 year

+6.6%

YQQQ total return, 1 year

YMAG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 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.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YQQQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 21.1 pts ahead of short QQQ

YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

YQQQ costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; YMAG is 17.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

YMAG vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	YMAG	YQQQ
Paid and earned
Measure	YMAG	YQQQ
Total return, 1 year	+5.8%	+6.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 29.4%	fell 21.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	YMAG	YQQQ
Benchmark	its own holdings	Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short
Cost and size
Measure	YMAG	YQQQ
Expense ratio	1.34%	1.11%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$268m	$15m
Holdings
Measure	YMAG	YQQQ
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score23.1YMAG24.3YQQQ

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

YMAG 23.1

YQQQ 24.3

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

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first YMAG YQQQ

Only in one fund ↓

Only in YMAG

YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF 15.10%

YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF 15.04%

YieldMax Amzn Option Income ETF 14.92%

YieldMax Tsla Option Income ETF 14.83%

YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF 13.66%

YieldMax Meta Option Income Strategy ETF 13.26%

YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF 12.23%

Only in YQQQ

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 16.15%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 12.48%

QQQ 12/18/2026 750.02 P 8.12%

QQQ US 11/06/26 P685 0.09%

QQQ US 11/06/26 P665 0.03%

QQQ US 12/18/26 C915 0.01%

QQQ US 11/06/26 P682 -0.23%

QQQ US 11/06/26 P704 -0.41%

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Side by side

YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly YQQQ YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF · Short option income on short QQQ, paying weekly

Issuer YieldMax YieldMax

Strategy synthetic covered call short option income

Benchmark YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 31.4% 22.7%

Expense ratio 1.34% 1.11%

Cash paid, 1 year 33.4% 26.8%

Price change, 1 year −29.4% −21.3%

Total return, 1 year +5.8% +6.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +4.6% −14.5%

Ahead or behind +1.2 pts +21.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 11% not published

Age 2.8 years 2.2 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $268m $15m

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: YMAG vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	YMAG	YQQQ	YMAG	YQQQ	YMAG	YQQQ
3 months	+3.3%	+10.7%	9.1%	10.6%	+0.3 pts	+8.0 pts
6 months	+1.9%	+9.0%	18.1%	15.9%	−0.2 pts	+11.1 pts
1 year	+5.8%	+6.6%	33.4%	26.8%	+1.2 pts	+21.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: YMAG Jan 2024 · YQQQ Aug 2024	+70.3%	−10.1%	91.7%	40.8%	not measured	+28.7 pts

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About each fund

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YQQQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, YMAG or YQQQ?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting price in cash and YQQQ paid 26.8%, 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, YMAG or YQQQ?: With every distribution reinvested, YMAG returned +5.8% and YQQQ +6.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, YMAG or YQQQ?: YMAG charges 1.34% a year and YQQQ charges 1.11%, so YQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

YMAG and YQQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YMAG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YMAG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YMAG ↗

YQQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YQQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YQQQ ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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