USOY Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, USOY paid 51.6% in cash and returned 56.0% in total, against 102.2% for USO.
Promise check: PartlyOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, USOY paid 51.6% in cash and returned 56.0% in total, covering 108.5% of its payout. Since launch it covered 66.5%.
USOY risk and return scorecard
vs USO · May 2024 to Oct 2026 · 128 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 · Aug 31, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 29, 2026More on USOY
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$6.84−7.6%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | USO | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −2.4% | 3.6% | −5.7% | +1.0% | −3.4 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +14.8% | 12.6% | +2.5% | +26.6% | −11.8 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +1.8% | 20.9% | −19.4% | +8.6% | −6.8 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +57.6% | 47.6% | +5.2% | +110.3% | −52.7 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +56.0% | 51.6% | −4.8% | +102.2% | −46.2 pts |
| Since launch May 10, 2024 – Nov 4, 2026 | +55.7% | 83.8% | −65.7% | +93.1% | −37.4 pts |
| Since launch, annualised May 10, 2024 – Nov 4, 2026 | +19.5% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed May 2024: no 3 years windows.
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 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
USOY paid 51.6% in cash over the year and returned 56.0% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Aug 31, 2026USOY: in the month to Aug 31, 2026, net $4.2m came in, by its SEC filing.
Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions USOY 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 Aug 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for USOY, back to May 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare USOY with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outMay 2024 to Aug 2026
USOY, money in and money out each month from May 2024 to Aug 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from USOY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 28 months listed, money came in on net in 22 and went out in 5.
Every bar is from USOY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 28 months listed, money came in on net in 22 and went out in 5.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
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 Aug 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
USOY key stats
USOY return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 3, 2026
USOY for holders outside the US
13 distributions for USOY, $0.0589 to $0.0695 a share and $0.0642 in the middle, Aug 6, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
USOY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.0665 a share, which went ex on Oct 29, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Nov 5, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for USOY. 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 USOY. 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 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below USOY.
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: 108.5% · 64th pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
About USOY
How we measure
12 seats on USOY, as of Nov 4, 2026: 6 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about USOY
- How much has USOY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, USOY paid 51.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 4.8%.
- Is USOY ahead of USO?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, USOY returned +56.0% against +102.2% for United States Oil Fund, LP (USO), so a holder was behind it by 46.2 points.
- How often does USOY pay, and how much?
- USOY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 50.6% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the USOY distribution return of capital?
- Defiance estimates 96% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 USOY next pay a distribution?
- USOY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 29, 2026 at $0.0665 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Nov 5, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.
- What does USOY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.12% a year.
- How much of USOY’s distribution is return of capital?
- Defiance’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 96.0% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 7, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026, the estimate is 51.9%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Aug 31, 2025 puts it at 94.7% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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