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IWMY · Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF
Defiance · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, IWMY paid 31.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.1%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +26.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.3 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 29.8%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% 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 | option income |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Russell 2000 (IWM) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 29.8% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.05% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 39.5% |
| Launched | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 7.6% / −3.6% / +3.9% / +5.3% / −1.5 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 15.4% / −1.5% / +14.4% / +18.5% / −4.1 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 31.6% / −20.0% / +14.1% / +26.4% / −12.3 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 91.4% / −69.7% / +46.2% / +85.5% / −39.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Defiance 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has IWMY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, IWMY paid 31.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 20.0%.
- Is IWMY ahead of IWM?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, IWMY returned +14.1% against +26.4% for Russell 2000 (IWM), so a holder was behind it by 12.3 points.
- How often does IWMY pay, and how much?
- IWMY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 29.8% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the IWMY distribution return of capital?
- Defiance estimates 100% 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 IWMY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.05% a year.
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