ETFIQhttps://etfiq.com/Independent data on buffer, option-income and thematic ETFs. What changed, and what the desks show, every trading night.enFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000What changed, Sep 4, 2026https://etfiq.com/changed/https://etfiq.com/changed/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +000087 of 245 buffer ETFs sit at their cap today. 13 buffer ETFs have their buffer absorbing losses right now. 42 buffer ETFs reset within 30 days; 12 reset in the last week and carry fresh caps. Over the last year, 24 of 154 index income ETFs finished ahead of their benchmark once cash was counted and reinvested. 56 income ETFs paid 10% or more in cash over the year while their price fell. 97 income ETFs pay out in the next seven days, 55 of them on dates the issuer has published.The state of the buffer deskhttps://etfiq.com/research/buffer-state.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/research/buffer-state.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000On Sep 4, 2026, 87 of 245 buffer ETFs across 3 issuers sat at their cap, so in index terms those funds have no further upside this period.Ahead or behind, and where the cash came fromhttps://etfiq.com/research/income-ahead.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/research/income-ahead.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, 24 of 154 index income ETFs finished ahead of the index they write options on, once every cash payment was counted and reinvested. The median fund was −5.6 pts against its benchmark.How much of a theme is already the indexhttps://etfiq.com/research/themes-index.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/research/themes-index.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000By their latest holdings filings, the typical thematic ETF has 32% of its weight in stocks the S&P 500 already holds, and 53 of 234 funds are more than sixty percent index names.Buffer ETFs with the most room left to their caphttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-most-room-to-cap.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-most-room-to-cap.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Buffer ETFs with the most room left to their cap, rebuilt every trading night from published data.Buffer ETFs with the most protection lefthttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-most-protection-left.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-most-protection-left.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Buffer ETFs with the most protection left, rebuilt every trading night from published data.Buffer ETFs already at their caphttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-at-their-cap.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-at-their-cap.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Buffer ETFs already at their cap, rebuilt every trading night from published data.Buffer ETFs resetting soonesthttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-resetting-soonest.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/rankings/buffer-resetting-soonest.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Buffer ETFs resetting soonest, rebuilt every trading night from published data.The income ETFs that paid the most cashhttps://etfiq.com/rankings/income-highest-cash-paid.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/rankings/income-highest-cash-paid.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The income ETFs that paid the most cash, rebuilt every trading night from published data.The income ETFs that paid the most while their price fell furthesthttps://etfiq.com/rankings/income-paid-most-price-fell-most.htmlhttps://etfiq.com/rankings/income-paid-most-price-fell-most.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The income ETFs that paid the most while their price fell furthest, rebuilt every trading night from published data.