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AMDY · YieldMax(R) AMD Option Income Strategy ETF
YieldMax · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, AMDY paid 89.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +139.4%. AMD (AMD) returned +195.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 55.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 59.1%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 77% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | AMD (AMD) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 59.1% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.00% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 82.4% |
| Launched | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / AMD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 18.3% / −15.8% / +1.5% / +2.4% / −0.9 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / AMD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 63.4% / +43.6% / +114.1% / +148.2% / −34.1 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / AMD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 89.8% / +8.9% / +139.4% / +195.2% / −55.8 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / AMD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 116.6% / −57.2% / +202.8% / +370.0% / −167.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (YieldMax 19a-1 estimate) | 77.2% |
Questions people ask
- How much has AMDY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, AMDY paid 89.8% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 8.9%.
- Is AMDY ahead of AMD?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, AMDY returned +139.4% against +195.2% for AMD (AMD), so a holder was behind it by 55.8 points.
- How often does AMDY pay, and how much?
- AMDY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 59.1% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the AMDY distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 77% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- What does AMDY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.00% a year.
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