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RYLD · Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF
Global X · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, RYLD paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.0%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +26.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.4 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X 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 | Russell 2000 (IWM) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 12.2% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.60% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 11.5% |
| Launched | Apr 22, 2019 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 3.1% / +3.8% / +7.0% / +5.3% / +1.7 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 6.2% / +6.8% / +13.5% / +18.5% / −5.0 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 12.4% / +7.3% / +21.0% / +26.4% / −5.4 pts |
| 3 years: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 32.7% / −7.3% / +33.0% / +64.2% / −31.2 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / IWM / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 67.2% / −35.0% / +54.7% / +108.8% / −54.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Global X 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has RYLD paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, RYLD paid 12.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 7.3%.
- Is RYLD ahead of IWM?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, RYLD returned +21.0% against +26.4% for Russell 2000 (IWM), so a holder was behind it by 5.4 points.
- How often does RYLD pay, and how much?
- RYLD pays monthly. The latest distribution annualises to 12.2% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the RYLD distribution return of capital?
- Global X 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 RYLD cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year.
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