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GDXY · YieldMax(R) Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF
YieldMax · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, GDXY paid 53.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +27.0%. Gold miners (GDX) returned +54.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 27.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 68.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 97% 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 | Gold miners (GDX) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 68.3% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.00% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 75.4% |
| Launched | May 21, 2024 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / GDX / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 13.5% / +3.5% / +18.7% / +25.9% / −7.2 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / GDX / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 20.6% / −28.4% / −6.3% / −2.1% / −4.2 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / GDX / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 53.2% / −29.5% / +27.0% / +54.8% / −27.8 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / GDX / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 85.3% / −42.7% / +72.8% / +173.8% / −101.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (YieldMax 19a-1 estimate) | 96.6% |
Questions people ask
- How much has GDXY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GDXY paid 53.2% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 29.5%.
- Is GDXY ahead of GDX?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, GDXY returned +27.0% against +54.8% for Gold miners (GDX), so a holder was behind it by 27.8 points.
- How often does GDXY pay, and how much?
- GDXY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 68.3% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the GDXY distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 97% 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 GDXY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.00% a year.
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