# GLDY (Defiance Gold Enhanced Options Income ETF)

Defiance · Income ETFs · data as of Jun 29, 2026

Closed on Jun 29, 2026. The exchange no longer lists it. These are its last figures, as of the last day it traded. It is not in ETFIQ’s rankings, scores or comparisons.

Over the year to Jun 29, 2026, GLDY paid 36.7% in cash and returned 4.1% in total, against 22.4% for GLD.

## Key facts

- GLDY, cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price: 36.7%, as of Jun 29, 2026.
- GLDY, total return, 1 year: +4.1%, as of Jun 29, 2026.
- GLDY, against GLD: −18.3 pts, as of Jun 29, 2026.
- GLDY, last payout, annualized on its last price: 30.7%, as of Jun 29, 2026.
- GLDY, last payment (paid weekly), ex-date Jun 25, 2026: $0.0743, as of Jun 25, 2026.
- GLDY, expense ratio: 1.04% (497 XBRL, Apr 1, 2026).

## GLDY over each window to Jun 29, 2026

| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | GLD | Ahead or behind |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −10.2% | 2.2% | −12.4% | −11.6% | +1.4 pts |
| 3 months | −11.0% | 7.2% | −17.5% | −11.1% | +0.1 pts |
| 6 months | −10.9% | 15.2% | −24.3% | −7.5% | −3.4 pts |
| Year to date | −10.7% | 14.5% | −23.4% | −7.0% | −3.7 pts |
| 1 year | +4.1% | 36.7% | −30.0% | +22.4% | −18.3 pts |
| Since launch | +3.0% | 42.4% | −37.4% | +27.9% | −24.9 pts |
| Since launch, annualised | +2.4% | – | – | – | – |

## GLDY key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Jun 29, 2026: $18.51 on Oct 20, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Jun 29, 2026: $11.90 on Jun 11, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Jun 29, 2026, within that range: $12.59, 10% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Strategy | option income | ETFIQ |
| Benchmark | Gold (GLD) | ETFIQ |
| How the benchmark is set | Its prospectus names GLD as what it holds or writes options on (prospectus, Form 497, accession 0001999371-26-007440, filed 2026-04-01). | ETFIQ |
| Paid | weekly | ETFIQ |
| Last payout, annualized | 30.7% | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 1.04% | 497 XBRL, Apr 1, 2026 |
| Cash paid, its last 12 months, over its last price | 52.5% | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Apr 2, 2025 | ETFIQ |

## Questions

### How much did GLDY pay in its last year?

Over the year to Jun 29, 2026, GLDY paid 36.7% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 30.0%.

### Did GLDY finish ahead of GLD?

Over the year to Jun 29, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, GLDY returned +4.1% against +22.4% for Gold (GLD), so a holder was behind it by 18.3 points.

### How often did GLDY pay, and how much?

GLDY paid weekly. Its last distribution annualized to 30.7% at its last price, on Jun 29, 2026.

### What did GLDY cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 1.04% a year.


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