MINY YieldMax(R) Strategic Metals & Mining Portfolio Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on XME, paying weekly
Since its launch on Feb 27, 2026, MINY paid 13.7% in cash and still finished 4.3 points behind XME.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, MINY returned −13.2% with distributions reinvested and Metals and mining (XME), used as the proxy returned −8.8%, so a holder came out behind it by 4.3 points. The lighter segment is the 13.7% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | XME | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 7.0% | −10.5% | −3.4% | −7.1% | +3.7 pts |
| 6 months | 15.3% | −9.3% | +5.6% | +7.0% | −1.4 pts |
| Since launch | 13.7% | −26.5% | −13.2% | −8.8% | −4.3 pts |
When MINY pays
MINY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.2201 a share, which went ex on Sep 16, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Sep 23, 2026, payable Sep 24, 2026, but has not declared the amount.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | $0.2201 | Issuer date, amount not declared |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | $0.2201 | Issuer date, amount not declared |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | $0.2201 | Issuer date, amount not declared |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | $0.2201 | Issuer date, amount not declared |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | $0.2201 | Issuer date, amount not declared |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | $0.2201 | Issuer date, amount not declared |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for MINY (13, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.2201 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.2311 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $0.2301 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $0.2332 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $0.2282 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $0.231 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.2125 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.2097 |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.2039 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $0.2134 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | $0.2245 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.2235 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.2371 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Feb 27, 2026, MINY has returned −13.2% with distributions reinvested, against −8.8% for Metals and mining (XME), used as the proxy, and has paid out 13.7% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays weekly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 31.0%. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital. That is the issuer’s own Rule 19a-1 estimate and a tax characterization, made before the fund year closes: it says the payment included money the fund gave back rather than earned, not that the fund is eroding.
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Metals and mining (XME), used as the proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026) | $10m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 31.0% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 24, 2026) | 1.01% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 18.7% |
| Launched | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (YieldMax 19a-1 estimate) | 0.0% |
| Pays | weekly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 7 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 1 day |
| Last paid, per share | $0.2201 ex Sep 16, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 12 distributions | $2.6612 |
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 MINY paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 27, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, MINY paid 13.7% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 26.5%.
- Is MINY ahead of XME?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 27, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, MINY returned −13.2% against −8.8% for Metals and mining (XME), used as the proxy, so a holder was behind it by 4.3 points.
- How often does MINY pay, and how much?
- MINY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 31.0% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the MINY distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 0% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 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 MINY next pay a distribution?
- MINY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 16, 2026 at $0.2201 a share. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Sep 23, 2026 but not the amount.
- What does MINY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.01% 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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