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QYLG · Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Global X · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, QYLG paid 17.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 6.9%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 96% 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 | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 6.9% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 17.1% |
| Launched | Sep 22, 2020 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 2.2% / +1.6% / +3.9% / +2.1% / +1.8 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 4.5% / +11.3% / +16.0% / +20.2% / −4.2 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 17.9% / +4.4% / +24.6% / +25.6% / −1.0 pts |
| 3 years: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 50.4% / +6.9% / +71.8% / +93.5% / −21.7 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 75.3% / +10.6% / +120.5% / +173.0% / −52.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Global X 19a-1 estimate) | 95.6% |
Questions people ask
- How much has QYLG paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QYLG paid 17.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 4.4%.
- Is QYLG ahead of QQQ?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QYLG returned +24.6% against +25.6% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was behind it by 1.0 points.
- How often does QYLG pay, and how much?
- QYLG pays monthly. The latest distribution annualises to 6.9% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the QYLG distribution return of capital?
- Global X estimates 96% 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 QYLG cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year.
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