QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% in cash and returned 19.3% in total, against 15.2% for QQQ.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% in cash and returned 19.3% in total, covering 156.9% of its payout.
QYLD risk and return scorecard
vs QQQ · Dec 2013 to Oct 2026 · 670 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Oct 12, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 19, 2026More on QYLD
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$18.45+0.4%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | QQQ | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +0.6% | 1.0% | −0.4% | −1.5% | +2.1 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +10.4% | 3.1% | +7.1% | +9.8% | +0.6 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +9.4% | 6.1% | +3.1% | +9.9% | −0.5 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +15.4% | 10.1% | +4.4% | +18.5% | −3.1 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +19.3% | 12.3% | +5.8% | +15.2% | +4.1 pts |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +62.2% | 39.3% | +12.6% | +113.7% | −51.5 pts |
| 5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +50.0% | 48.5% | −19.1% | +93.6% | −43.6 pts |
| 10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026 | +159.5% | 103.5% | −16.6% | +564.0% | −404.5 pts |
| Since launch Dec 12, 2013 – Oct 28, 2026 | +202.5% | 117.5% | −26.3% | +849.4% | −646.9 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Dec 12, 2013 – Oct 28, 2026 | +9.0% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
QYLD paid 12.3% in cash over the year and returned 19.3% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Oct 12, 2026QYLD: in the month to Oct 31, 2026, net $23.3m came in.
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Aug 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Aug 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions QYLD files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Oct 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for QYLD, back to Aug 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare QYLD with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outSep 2023 to Oct 2026
QYLD, money in and money out each month from Sep 2023 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from QYLD’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 36 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 18.
Every bar is from QYLD’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 18.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 12, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
QYLD key stats
QYLD return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Oct 28, 2026
13 distributions for QYLD, $0.1715 to $0.1854 a share and $0.1779 in the middle, Oct 20, 2025 to Oct 19, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
QYLD pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.1826 a share, which went ex on Oct 19, 2026, with payment about 3 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Nov 16, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for QYLD. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for QYLD. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below QYLD.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: 156.9% · 82nd pct, −271.3% to 2,166.7% across 164.
QYLD top ten by weight, 47.2% of the fund, of its 103 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026. That is 89 days before Oct 28, 2026, older than the issuer’s daily file, which ETFIQ could not read. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: The fund’s SEC filing. Data as of Jul 31, 2026.
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About QYLD
How we measure
12 seats on QYLD, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 1 Mixed, 7 Challenges, 3 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about QYLD
- How much has QYLD paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 5.8%.
- Is QYLD ahead of QQQ?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +19.3% against +15.2% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was ahead of it by 4.1 points.
- How often does QYLD pay, and how much?
- QYLD pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 11.9% at its price on Oct 28, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the QYLD distribution return of capital?
- Global X estimates 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 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 Oct 19, 2026 at $0.1826 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Nov 16, 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.
- What dividend does QYLD pay?
- QYLD pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.1826 a share, which went ex on Oct 19, 2026.
- What is the dividend yield of QYLD?
- Over the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, QYLD paid cash distributions equal to 12.3% of its price at the start of the period, $2.1404 a share. Its latest payout annualizes to 11.9% at its price on Oct 28, 2026. Its latest payment was $0.1826 a share, ex-date Oct 19, 2026.
- How much of QYLD’s distribution is return of capital?
- Global X’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 98.8% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Aug 27, 2026 to Sep 24, 2026, the estimate is 99.2%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025 puts it at 12.4% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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