{
 "ticker": "GLDN",
 "name": "Nicholas Gold Income ETF",
 "issuer": "Nicholas",
 "desk": "income",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/gldn",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/gldn",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/gldn.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-18",
 "verdict": "Since its launch on Feb 18, 2026, GLDN paid 6.7% in cash and finished 1.9 points ahead of GLD.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_since_launch_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, since launch, on its starting price",
   "value": "6.7%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "GLDN, cash paid, since launch, on its starting price: 6.7%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_since_launch",
   "label": "Total return, since launch",
   "value": "\u221210.6%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "GLDN, total return, since launch: \u221210.6%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_gld",
   "label": "Against GLD",
   "value": "+1.9 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "GLDN, against GLD: +1.9 pts, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "15.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "GLDN, latest payout, annualized: 15.4%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$3m",
   "source": "SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Apr 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "GLDN, net assets: $3m (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Apr 30, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.07%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 4, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "GLDN, expense ratio: 1.07% (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 4, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "option income",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Gold (GLD) (proxy)",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "weekly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$3m",
   "source": "SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Apr 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "15.4%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.07%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 4, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_last_12_months_over_today_s_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, last 12 months, over today\u2019s price",
   "value": "8.1%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Feb 18, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "weekly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_gap_between_ex_dates",
   "label": "Typical gap between ex-dates",
   "value": "7 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_wait_from_ex_date_to_payment",
   "label": "Typical wait from ex-date to payment",
   "value": "1 day",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "last_paid_per_share",
   "label": "Last paid, per share",
   "value": "$0.0499 ex Sep 14, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sum_of_the_last_12_distributions",
   "label": "Sum of the last 12 distributions",
   "value": "$0.5383",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Cash paid": "3.7%",
   "Price": "+7.3%",
   "Total return": "+11.4%",
   "GLD": "+3.6%",
   "Ahead or behind": "+7.8 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Cash paid": "7.5%",
   "Price": "+1.4%",
   "Total return": "+9.4%",
   "GLD": "\u22123.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "+12.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Cash paid": "6.7%",
   "Price": "\u221217.5%",
   "Total return": "\u221210.6%",
   "GLD": "\u221212.5%",
   "Ahead or behind": "+1.9 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much has GLDN paid over the last year?",
   "a": "Over the period from its launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, GLDN paid 6.7% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 17.5%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is GLDN ahead of GLD?",
   "a": "Over the period from its launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, GLDN returned \u221210.6% against \u221212.5% for Gold (GLD), so a holder was ahead of it by 1.9 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "How often does GLDN pay, and how much?",
   "a": "GLDN pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 15.4% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ."
  },
  {
   "q": "When does GLDN next pay a distribution?",
   "a": "GLDN pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 14, 2026 at $0.0499 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 21, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does GLDN cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 1.07% a year."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-21",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}