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KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF

Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly

Since its launch on Jan 7, 2026, KIQQ paid 5.8% in cash and still finished 9.7 points behind QQQ.

KraneShares · Income ETFs · data as of

Key facts

5.8%Cash paid, since launch, on its starting price
+5.2%Total return, since launch
−9.7 ptsAgainst QQQ
6.3%Latest payout, annualized

Method

What a holder got

KIQQ against QQQKIQQ returned +5.2% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), a gap of −9.7 pts. Of that, 5.8% arrived as cash rather than price.+5.2%KIQQ total return+14.8%Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)5.8% of it arrived as cash

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, KIQQ returned +5.2% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +14.8%, so a holder came out behind it by 9.7 points. The lighter segment is the 5.8% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Its ten largest equity positions

KIQQ top ten by weight, 45.0% of its 102 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
HoldingWeight
NVIDIA CORPORATION7.62%
APPLE INC.6.71%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.5.70%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION4.38%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.4.11%
AMAZON.COM, INC.4.01%
TESLA, INC.3.21%
ALPHABET INC.3.19%
INTEL CORPORATION3.06%
ALPHABET INC.2.98%

Method

Period by period

KIQQ over each window to Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowCash paidPriceTotal returnQQQAhead or behind
3 months2.0%−3.7%−1.7%−0.8%−0.9 pts
6 months4.4%+4.8%+9.4%+20.7%−11.3 pts
Since launch5.8%−0.9%+5.2%+14.8%−9.7 pts

Method

When KIQQ pays

KIQQ pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.131 a share, which went ex on Aug 28, 2026 and was paid on Aug 31, 2026. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Sep 28, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.

Expected distributions for KIQQ. 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.
Ex-datePay dateAmountBasis
Sep 28, 2026Sep 29, 2026$0.131ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence
Oct 28, 2026Oct 29, 2026$0.131ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for KIQQ (8, most recent first)
Cash distributions per share for KIQQ. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Ex-dateAmount
Aug 28, 2026$0.131
Jul 30, 2026$0.183
Jun 29, 2026$0.197
May 28, 2026$0.158
Apr 29, 2026$0.197
Mar 30, 2026$0.182
Feb 26, 2026$0.214
Jan 29, 2026$0.189

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Method

In plain words

Since it launched on Jan 7, 2026, KIQQ has returned +5.2% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), and has paid out 5.8% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays monthly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%. No Rule 19a-1 notice has been published for this fund, so there is no issuer estimate of how much of its distributions was a return of capital.

KIQQ (KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF), income ETFs fields as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Strategybuffer with income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthly
Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026)$2m
Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ)6.3%
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jul 29, 2026)0.79%
Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ)5.8%
LaunchedJan 7, 2026
Paysmonthly
Typical gap between ex-dates30 days
Typical wait from ex-date to payment1 day
Last paid, per share$0.131 ex Aug 28, 2026
Sum of the last 8 distributions$1.451

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. How these figures are computed

Questions people ask

How much has KIQQ paid over the last year?
Over the period from its launch on Jan 7, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, KIQQ paid 5.8% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 0.9%.
Is KIQQ ahead of QQQ?
Over the period from its launch on Jan 7, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KIQQ returned +5.2% against +14.8% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was behind it by 9.7 points.
How often does KIQQ pay, and how much?
KIQQ pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 6.3% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
When does KIQQ next pay a distribution?
KIQQ pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Aug 28, 2026 at $0.131 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Sep 28, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.
What does KIQQ cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.79% a year.

The words on this page

Total return
What a holder actually ended up with: price change plus every distribution, reinvested. The only figure that answers whether you came out ahead.
Cash paid
Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
Ahead or behind
The fund’s total return minus the benchmark’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. Both sides reinvest.
Return of capital
The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.
Covered call
Selling call options on shares the fund holds. It collects a premium and gives up the gains above the strike, which is why these funds pay well and lag a rising market.

Every term used here, defined in full on the income ETFs vocabulary page.

Where these figures came from

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KIQQ, Income ETFs, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, and makes no recommendations.
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