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RDTY · YieldMax(R) R2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
YieldMax · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, RDTY paid 35.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.3%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +26.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 28.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 20% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | 0DTE covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Russell 2000 (IWM) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 28.8% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.73% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 42.5% |
| Launched | Mar 6, 2025 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 9.5% / +0.4% / +10.0% / +5.3% / +4.7 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 19.0% / −2.4% / +18.1% / +18.5% / −0.4 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 35.1% / −17.5% / +22.3% / +26.4% / −4.1 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 49.1% / −25.3% / +33.8% / +46.4% / −12.6 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (YieldMax 19a-1 estimate) | 20.3% |
Questions people ask
- How much has RDTY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, RDTY paid 35.1% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 17.5%.
- Is RDTY ahead of IWM?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, RDTY returned +22.3% against +26.4% for Russell 2000 (IWM), so a holder was behind it by 4.1 points.
- How often does RDTY pay, and how much?
- RDTY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 28.8% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the RDTY distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 20% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 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 RDTY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.73% a year.
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