GMEY YieldMax(R) GME Option Income Strategy ETF
Over the year to Oct 9, 2026, GMEY paid 38.4% in cash and finished 20.9 points behind GME.
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Over the 3 months to Oct 9, 2026, GMEY returned +4.5% with distributions reinvested and GameStop (GME) returned +22.5%, so a holder came out behind it by 18.0 points. The lighter segment is the 10.4% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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Over the 6 months to Oct 9, 2026, GMEY returned +1.8% with distributions reinvested and GameStop (GME) returned +14.4%, so a holder came out behind it by 12.6 points. The lighter segment is the 21.1% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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Over the 1 year to Oct 9, 2026, GMEY returned −10.6% with distributions reinvested and GameStop (GME) returned +10.3%, so a holder came out behind it by 20.9 points. The lighter segment is the 38.4% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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From launch to Oct 9, 2026, GMEY returned −10.6% with distributions reinvested and GameStop (GME) returned +12.6%, so a holder came out behind it by 23.2 points. The lighter segment is the 38.3% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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GMEY paid 38.4% in cash while its price fell 48.7%, a fall equal to 100% of the cash paid.
Did it keep up with what it writes options on, and did its price hold while it paid?
11% of the 68 sit at or below GMEY on this measure.
46.3% of the 68 sit at or below GMEY on this measure.
Weighted evenly, those two positions are what the score combines, across the 68 income ETFs writing on a single company. Neither spread above is the score: a fund can sit further right on one and score lower.
A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another category's.
| What it measures | This fund | Its percentile | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| against its benchmark | −20.9 pts | 11 | 50% |
| what happened to the principal | −48.7% | 46.3 | 50% |
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | GME | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3M Jul 10 – Oct 9, 2026 | 10.4% | −6.7% | +4.5% | +22.5% | −18.0 pts |
| 6M Apr 10 – Oct 9, 2026 | 21.1% | −20.1% | +1.8% | +14.4% | −12.6 pts |
| 1Y Oct 9, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026 | 38.4% | −48.7% | −10.6% | +10.3% | −20.9 pts |
| Since launch Sep 9, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026 | 38.3% | −48.8% | −10.6% | +12.6% | −23.2 pts |
Source: ETFIQ.
13 distributions for GMEY, $0.1331 to $0.4168 a share and $0.1954 in the middle, Jul 16, 2026 to Oct 8, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
GMEY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.4168 a share, which went ex on Oct 8, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Oct 15, 2026, payable Oct 16, 2026, but has not declared the amount.
Expected distributions for GMEY. Where the basis is a projection, ETFIQ has carried the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date and held the amount at the last one paid; neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for GMEY. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Money in and out
Daily figures · as of Oct 7, 2026GMEY: in the 2 trading days to Oct 7, 2026, nothing net moved.
SEC filings, then daily counts
GMEY, net flow each trading day over the 63 sessions from Jul 14, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 2 days with a daily figure; the other 61 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly figures only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
No money in or out on the 2 days with daily figures; no daily figure for the other 61 of the 63 trading days.
GMEY, net flow each trading day over the 252 sessions from Oct 9, 2025 to Oct 9, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 2 days with a daily figure; the other 250 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly figures only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
No money in or out on the 2 days with daily figures; no daily figure for the other 250 of the 252 trading days.
GMEY, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 10, 2025 to Oct 9, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 2 days with a daily figure; the other 398 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly figures only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
No money in or out on the 2 days with daily figures; no daily figure for the other 398 of the 400 trading days.
ETFIQ’s daily counts for GMEY start Oct 6, 2026, so the 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, year to date and 1 year windows have no daily figure. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for GMEY, back to Sep 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare GMEY with other funds in the flows tool
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from YieldMax’s daily figures: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value, dated to the day of the count. Each figure is net, money in less money out.
Every trading day, last 3 months2 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year1 week
Net flow into GMEY each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 7, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with a figure. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outSep 2025 to Oct 2026
GMEY, money in and money out each month from Sep 2025 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from GMEY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Oct 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 12 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 5.
Every bar is from GMEY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 12 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 5.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
On a month from SEC Form N-PORT, money in is the filing’s sales plus reinvestments and money out its redemptions. On a month that is the sum of its days, money in sums the days money came in and money out the days it went out.
A month from SEC Form N-PORT is sales and reinvestments less redemptions as filed; a later month is the sum of its days, and says so where a day is missing.
Against its benchmark: −20.9 pts · 11th pct, −228.3 pts to +27.3 pts across 68. What happened to the principal: −48.7% · 46th pct, −87.1% to +152.2% across 68. 11% of the 68 sit at or below GMEY on this measure.
In plain words
How this is computed
Questions people ask about GMEY
- How much has GMEY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Oct 9, 2026, GMEY paid 38.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 48.7%.
- Is GMEY ahead of GME?
- Over the year to Oct 9, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, GMEY returned −10.6% against +10.3% for GameStop (GME), so a holder was behind it by 20.9 points.
- How often does GMEY pay, and how much?
- GMEY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 83.9% at its price on Oct 9, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the GMEY distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 98% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 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 GMEY next pay a distribution?
- GMEY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 8, 2026 at $0.4168 a share. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Oct 15, 2026 but not the amount.
- What does GMEY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.01% a year.
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ETFIQ, GMEY, income ETFs, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/gmey
ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). GMEY, income ETFs. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/gmey
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