CAIQ Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF
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Since launch in Nov 2025, CAIQ paid 15.2% in cash and returned 16.3% in total, against 24.5% for QQQ.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the time since its launch to Oct 28, 2026, CAIQ paid 15.2% in cash and returned 16.3% in total, covering 107.2% of its payout.
CAIQ risk and return scorecard
vs QQQ · Nov 2025 to Oct 2026 · 47 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
47 weekly returns: annualized numbers and ratios need 52.
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Jul 31, 2026What you earned
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First traded Nov 20, 2025More on CAIQ
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return since launch, Nov 20, 2025
$25.09+0.3%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | QQQ | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | −2.3% | 1.5% | −3.7% | −1.5% | −0.8 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +5.1% | 4.6% | +0.5% | +9.8% | −4.7 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +3.1% | 8.6% | −5.5% | +9.9% | −6.8 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +11.8% | 13.3% | −2.1% | +18.5% | −6.7 pts |
| Since launch Nov 20, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +16.3% | 15.2% | +0.3% | +24.5% | −8.2 pts |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Nov 2025: no 1 year and 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jul 31, 2026CAIQ: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, net $50.5m came in, by its SEC filing.
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions CAIQ files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jul 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for CAIQ, back to Nov 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare CAIQ with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outNov 2025 to Jul 2026
CAIQ, money in and money out each month from Nov 2025 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from CAIQ’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 9 months listed, money came in on net in 9 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from CAIQ’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 9 months listed, money came in on net in 9 and went out in 0.
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How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jul 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
CAIQ key stats
CAIQ return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Oct 28, 2026
10 distributions for CAIQ, $0.375 to $0.3935 a share and $0.3797 in the middle, Dec 23, 2025 to Oct 1, 2026. 2 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
CAIQ pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.3825 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026, with payment about 8 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 2, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for CAIQ. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for CAIQ. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
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About CAIQ
How we measure
12 seats on CAIQ, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Mixed, 5 Challenges, 5 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about CAIQ
- How much has CAIQ paid since it launched?
- Over the period from its first trade on Nov 20, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026, CAIQ paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 0.3%.
- Is CAIQ ahead of QQQ?
- Over the period from its first trade on Nov 20, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, CAIQ returned +16.3% against +24.5% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was behind it by 8.2 points.
- How often does CAIQ pay, and how much?
- CAIQ pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 18.3% at its price on Oct 28, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the CAIQ distribution return of capital?
- Calamos estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 8, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does CAIQ next pay a distribution?
- CAIQ pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 1, 2026 at $0.3825 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 2, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 8 days.
- What does CAIQ cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.74% a year.
- How much of CAIQ’s distribution is return of capital?
- Calamos’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 8, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Oct 8, 2026 to Oct 8, 2026, the estimate is 100.0%. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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