DFII FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy & Target Income ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFII paid 12.6% in cash and lost 21.5% in total, against −20.5% for Bitcoin.
Promise check: MissedOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFII paid 12.6% in cash and returned −21.5% in total, covering −170.6% of its payout.
DFII risk and return scorecard
vs Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
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 · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Nov 2, 2026More on DFII
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$13.39+2.6%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | Bitcoin | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −5.4% | 1.4% | −6.9% | −6.6% | +1.2 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +18.5% | 5.3% | +13.1% | +23.5% | −5.0 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | −3.9% | 7.7% | −12.4% | −1.7% | −2.2 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −11.5% | 12.9% | −25.0% | −8.5% | −3.0 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −21.5% | 12.6% | −34.5% | −20.5% | −1.0 pts |
| Since launch Apr 3, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −6.4% | 26.5% | −29.9% | −2.3% | −4.1 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Apr 3, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −4.1% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Apr 2025: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
DFII paid 12.6% in cash over the year while its total return was −21.5%, so it paid out more than it returned.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026DFII: in the 22 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $643k came in.
Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
DFII, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 44 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 44 days missing.
DFII, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 230 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 230 days missing.
DFII, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 379 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 379 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from First Trust’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for DFII, back to Apr 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare DFII with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months21 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year5 weeks
Net flow into DFII each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outApr 2025 to Nov 2026
DFII, money in and money out each month from Apr 2025 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Apr 2025 to Jun 2026 are from DFII’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Jul 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 17 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 0.
Bars for Apr 2025 to Jun 2026 are from DFII’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 17 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 0.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
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 daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
DFII key stats
DFII return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 3, 2026
Thin: its typical spread is 0.29% of its price.
DFII for holders outside the US
13 distributions for DFII, $0.1686 to $0.3296 a share and $0.2077 in the middle, Nov 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
DFII pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2068 a share, which went ex on Nov 2, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Dec 2, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for DFII. 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 DFII. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below DFII.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: −170.6% · 1st pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
DFII top ten by weight, its 7 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: First Trust’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.
About DFII
How we measure
12 seats on DFII, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Mixed, 4 Challenges, 6 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about DFII
- How much has DFII paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFII paid 12.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 34.5%.
- Is DFII ahead of Bitcoin?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, DFII returned −21.5% against −20.5% for Bitcoin (BTC-USD), so a holder was behind it by 1.0 points.
- How often does DFII pay, and how much?
- DFII pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 18.5% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the DFII distribution return of capital?
- First Trust estimates 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 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 DFII next pay a distribution?
- DFII pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Nov 2, 2026 at $0.2068 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Dec 2, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does DFII cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year.
- How much of DFII’s distribution is return of capital?
- First Trust’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Jun 2, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, the estimate is 100.0%. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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