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QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QYLD paid 12.5% in cash and still finished 0.7 points behind QQQ.

Global X · Income ETFs · data as of

Key facts

12.5%Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price
+22.2%Total return, 1 year
−0.7 ptsAgainst QQQ
99.7%Return of capital, latest payout (Global X estimate)

Method

ETFIQ Return Stability Score

77.518th of 161

QYLD paid 12.5% in cash and its price rose 8.4%, so the payout came out of returns rather than principal.

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

Against its benchmark
MLPD −38.1 ptsMDST −30.2 ptsSLTY −29.1 ptsBLOX −27.8 ptsEIPI −27.8 ptsYQQQ −27.6 ptsULTY −23.3 ptsGDXY −22.0 ptsHIGH −20.8 ptsTOPW −18.6 ptsTDVI −18.3 ptsYMAX −18.1 ptsHISF −17.3 ptsACKY −17.2 ptsWEEI −16.9 ptsNDIV −16.6 ptsLQDW −16.2 ptsOARK −15.8 ptsFDND −15.5 ptsTCAL −15.0 ptsQRMI −14.8 ptsSDVD −14.8 ptsLFGY −14.5 ptsSLJY −14.5 ptsSCLZ −14.1 ptsYFYA −13.9 ptsQUSA −13.5 ptsHYGW −13.0 ptsJULH −13.0 ptsXLRI −13.0 ptsMAGY −12.9 ptsYYY −12.7 ptsXLKI −12.6 ptsJULJ −12.4 ptsLJUL −12.4 ptsJANJ −12.3 ptsLJAN −12.3 ptsFGSI −12.2 ptsLOCT −12.1 ptsRNTY −12.1 ptsAIPI −12.0 ptsIWMY −12.0 ptsOCTJ −11.9 ptsHIPS −11.7 ptsJUCY −11.6 ptsXLEI −11.6 ptsAPRJ −11.3 ptsLAPR −11.3 ptsXISE −11.3 ptsXIJN −11.1 ptsCVRD −11.0 ptsJANH −11.0 ptsAPRH −10.9 ptsXBTY −10.7 ptsXIDE −10.7 ptsOCTH −10.6 ptsJEPI −10.3 ptsXIMR −10.1 ptsSRHR −9.7 ptsXRMI −8.7 ptsVEGA −8.3 ptsBUYW −8.2 ptsIAUI −7.9 ptsBAGY −7.7 ptsXV −7.5 ptsKHPI −7.3 ptsYBTC −7.3 ptsFTHI −7.0 ptsYLDE −6.8 ptsIGLD −6.1 ptsQQQI −6.1 ptsRDVI −6.0 ptsSPIN −5.9 ptsFEPI −5.8 ptsIWMW −5.8 ptsTYLG −5.7 ptsBITY −5.6 ptsSPUT −5.4 ptsWTPI −5.2 ptsPAPI −4.7 ptsXLVI −4.7 ptsETCO −4.3 ptsJEPQ −4.1 ptsCAIE −4.0 ptsFTKI −3.9 ptsGPTY −3.7 ptsIQQQ −3.7 ptsGIAX −3.4 ptsBIGY −3.3 ptsISPY −3.1 ptsRYLD −3.1 ptsWEEL −2.9 ptsYMAG −2.9 ptsRDTY −2.6 ptsXLBI −2.5 ptsNBOS −1.8 ptsRYLG −1.8 ptsSPYI −1.7 ptsFTQI −1.6 ptsKNG −1.6 ptsTSPY −1.6 ptsTHTA −1.5 ptsQQQY −1.3 ptsRDTE −1.3 ptsDIVO −1.2 ptsSIXH −1.2 ptsXYLD −1.2 ptsDFII −1.1 ptsGPIQ −1.1 ptsQDTY −1.1 ptsXYLG −1.1 ptsXDTE −0.9 ptsQDTE −0.7 ptsXLII −0.7 ptsXPAY −0.7 ptsEGGY −0.6 ptsJOYT −0.6 ptsSDTY −0.6 ptsWDTE −0.4 ptsBTCC −0.3 ptsQYLG −0.3 ptsGPIX 0.0 ptsDJIA +0.1 ptsDYLG +0.3 ptsIWMI +0.3 ptsKGLD +0.3 ptsXLFI +0.3 ptsIVVW +0.4 ptsLTTI +0.5 ptsLQTI +0.6 ptsPBP +0.6 ptsHYTI +0.9 ptsTDAQ +0.9 ptsCSHI +1.3 ptsBALI +1.4 ptsYETH +1.5 ptsHYBL +1.6 ptsXLUI +1.6 ptsCHPY +1.9 ptsBTCI +2.1 ptsSOXY +2.3 ptsITWO +2.5 ptsDOGG +2.7 ptsCEPI +2.9 ptsXLYI +2.9 ptsYBIT +2.9 ptsTLTP +3.4 ptsDUBS +4.0 ptsSEPI +4.7 ptsXLCI +5.2 ptsIDVO +5.4 ptsTLTW +5.4 ptsBCCC +6.3 ptsOMAH +6.5 ptsIDUB +6.9 ptsXLSI +8.8 ptsUSOY +10.5 ptsBUCK +10.9 ptsKLIP +20.9 ptsNVYY +24.6 ptsQYLD −0.7 ptsQYLD −0.7 pts−38.1 pts+24.6 pts

70.2% of the 161 sit at or below QYLD on this measure.

What happened to the principal
ETCO −75.0%XBTY −74.7%YETH −67.4%YBTC −61.4%BTCC −59.9%YBIT −58.9%BAGY −58.0%SLTY −54.4%ULTY −53.3%NVYY −52.4%BITY −51.9%BCCC −49.4%BTCI −46.9%DFII −44.8%LFGY −43.0%YMAX −41.0%BLOX −38.8%TOPW −36.6%OARK −33.3%KLIP −32.8%GDXY −32.5%YMAG −27.1%YQQQ −26.3%MAGY −25.8%IWMY −23.1%CEPI −21.0%RDTY −19.9%RDTE −19.4%QDTE −18.5%EGGY −15.1%TLTP −14.5%XLYI −14.1%LTTI −13.8%ACKY −13.7%WDTE −13.7%QQQY −13.0%QDTY −12.8%XDTE −12.8%AIPI −12.2%QUSA −11.8%LQTI −10.4%TLTW −10.3%SDTY −9.9%GIAX −9.8%XLUI −9.5%HIGH −9.3%LQDW −9.3%TCAL −9.0%FEPI −8.5%XV −8.4%IGLD −8.1%XLRI −8.0%XLCI −7.9%FDND −7.6%YYY −7.5%XLSI −7.3%RNTY −6.5%HYTI −6.3%GPTY −6.0%OMAH −6.0%XLBI −5.7%HYGW −5.6%IWMW −5.3%HIPS −5.2%XPAY −4.9%HISF −4.7%QRMI −4.2%USOY −4.0%XLFI −3.8%FGSI −3.2%BUCK −2.5%HYBL −2.5%JUCY −2.3%XRMI −2.3%MLPD −1.7%CAIE −1.6%IAUI −1.6%YFYA −1.6%IVVW −1.4%CVRD −1.3%JEPI −1.1%KNG −0.9%XIJN −0.7%JULJ −0.6%WTPI −0.5%CSHI −0.4%JULH −0.3%LJUL −0.2%XISE 0.0%JANH +0.1%JANJ +0.1%LAPR +0.1%LOCT +0.1%LJAN +0.2%OCTJ +0.2%XLII +0.2%APRJ +0.3%OCTH +0.3%XIDE +0.3%XIMR +0.4%APRH +0.5%TSPY +0.6%KHPI +0.7%BIGY +0.8%WEEL +0.9%SRHR +1.0%FTHI +1.1%QQQI +1.5%XLVI +2.1%SPYI +2.6%QYLG +2.8%YLDE +2.8%BUYW +2.9%SDVD +3.0%XYLG +3.4%KGLD +3.8%THTA +3.9%DJIA +4.2%FTKI +4.3%SCLZ +4.4%PAPI +4.5%RYLD +4.7%XLKI +5.0%PBP +5.1%IWMI +5.3%DYLG +5.4%TDAQ +5.9%XYLD +5.9%JEPQ +6.0%SPIN +6.1%NBOS +6.5%SPUT +6.5%RYLG +7.1%GPIX +7.9%FTQI +8.0%DOGG +8.2%ISPY +8.4%DIVO +8.9%MDST +9.3%VEGA +9.4%BALI +9.5%GPIQ +9.8%SLJY +11.0%RDVI +11.7%TDVI +11.7%IQQQ +12.3%SEPI +13.8%XLEI +13.8%SIXH +14.1%ITWO +14.3%EIPI +14.6%JOYT +16.1%IDVO +16.4%DUBS +18.9%WEEI +18.9%IDUB +19.0%TYLG +21.2%NDIV +22.9%CHPY +24.9%SOXY +68.6%QYLD +8.4%QYLD +8.4%−75.0%+68.6%

84.8% of the 161 sit at or below QYLD on this measure.

Weighted evenly, those two positions are what the score combines, across the 161 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. 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 desk's.

What the score is computed from
What it measuresThis fundIts percentileWeight
against its benchmark−0.7 pts70.250%
what happened to the principal+8.4%84.850%

All income ETFs ranked by this score · How it is computed

4th of 16 income ETFs writing on QQQ, by return against it 5th of 354 income ETFs by net assets

What a holder got

QYLD against QQQQYLD returned +22.2% with distributions reinvested against +23.0% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), a gap of −0.7 pts. Of that, 12.5% arrived as cash rather than price.+22.2%QYLD total return+23.0%Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)12.5% of it arrived as cash

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QYLD returned +22.2% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0%, so a holder came out behind it by 0.7 points. The lighter segment is the 12.5% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Its ten largest equity positions

QYLD top ten by weight, 47.2% of its 103 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
HoldingTickerWeight
NVIDIA CORPNVDA8.46%
APPLE INCAAPL7.81%
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT5.90%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCMU4.86%
AMAZON.COM INCAMZN4.42%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICESAMD3.72%
ALPHABET INC-CL AGOOGL3.16%
META PLATFORMS INCMETA3.07%
ALPHABET INC-CL CGOOG2.93%
TESLA INCTSLA2.92%

Method

Period by period

QYLD over each window to Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowCash paidPriceTotal returnQQQAhead or behind
3 months3.0%+1.6%+4.7%−0.8%+5.5 pts
6 months6.2%+5.3%+11.8%+20.7%−8.9 pts
1 year12.5%+8.4%+22.2%+23.0%−0.7 pts
3 years36.6%+5.0%+51.3%+95.1%−43.8 pts
Since launch116.0%−26.6%+195.4%+834.4%−639.0 pts

Method

When QYLD pays

QYLD pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.1829 a share, which went ex on Aug 24, 2026 and was paid on Aug 27, 2026. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Sep 21, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.

Expected distributions for QYLD. 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 21, 2026Sep 24, 2026$0.1829ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence
Oct 19, 2026Oct 22, 2026$0.1829ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for QYLD (13, most recent first)
Cash distributions per share for QYLD. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Ex-dateAmount
Aug 24, 2026$0.1829
Jul 20, 2026$0.1775
Jun 22, 2026$0.1854
May 18, 2026$0.1785
Apr 20, 2026$0.1789
Mar 23, 2026$0.1715
Feb 23, 2026$0.1771
Jan 20, 2026$0.1786
Dec 22, 2025$0.1779
Nov 24, 2025$0.1728
Oct 20, 2025$0.1731
Sep 22, 2025$0.1704
Aug 18, 2025$0.1677

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Method

In plain words

Since it launched on Dec 12, 2013, QYLD has returned +195.4% with distributions reinvested, against +834.4% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), and has paid out 116.0% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays monthly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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.

QYLD (Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF), income ETFs fields as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Strategycovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthly
Net assets (the issuer own daily fund list, as of Sep 11, 2026)$8.4bn
Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ)11.9%
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 26, 2026)0.60%
Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ)11.6%
LaunchedDec 12, 2013
Return of capital, latest distribution (Global X 19a-1 estimate)99.7%
Paysmonthly
Typical gap between ex-dates28 days
Typical wait from ex-date to payment3 days
Last paid, per share$0.1829 ex Aug 24, 2026
Sum of the last 12 distributions$2.1246

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 QYLD paid over the last year?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QYLD paid 12.5% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 8.4%.
Is QYLD ahead of QQQ?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +22.2% against +23.0% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was behind it by 0.7 points.
How often does QYLD pay, and how much?
QYLD pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 11.9% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
Is the QYLD distribution return of capital?
Global X estimates 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 QYLD next pay a distribution?
QYLD pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Aug 24, 2026 at $0.1829 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Sep 21, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 3 days.
What does QYLD cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% 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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