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CEPI · REX Crypto Equity Premium Income ETF
REX · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, CEPI paid 35.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.3%. Crypto industry (BITQ), used as the crypto proxy returned +35.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 41.1%, paid weekly. REX estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Crypto industry (BITQ), used as the crypto proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 41.1% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 44.0% |
| Launched | Dec 4, 2024 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / BITQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 10.3% / −4.6% / +6.1% / +6.3% / −0.2 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / BITQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 20.7% / +6.0% / +28.7% / +37.5% / −8.8 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / BITQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 35.9% / −18.4% / +22.3% / +35.1% / −12.8 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / BITQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 50.2% / −37.8% / +24.0% / +24.2% / −0.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (REX 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has CEPI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, CEPI paid 35.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 18.4%.
- Is CEPI ahead of BITQ?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, CEPI returned +22.3% against +35.1% for Crypto industry (BITQ), used as the crypto proxy, so a holder was behind it by 12.8 points.
- How often does CEPI pay, and how much?
- CEPI pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 41.1% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the CEPI distribution return of capital?
- REX estimates 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 CEPI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year.
Where these figures came from
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