WNTR YieldMax MSTR Short Option Income Strategy ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WNTR paid 72.4% in cash and returned 2.3% in total, against −11.6% for short MSTR.
Promise check: MissedOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, WNTR paid 72.4% in cash and returned 2.3% in total, covering 3.2% of its payout.
WNTR risk and return scorecard
vs short MSTR
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 · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 29, 2026More on WNTR
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$14.95−4.7%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 | short MSTR | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +7.5% | 5.1% | +2.4% | +10.3% | −2.8 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −31.4% | 12.6% | −42.4% | −43.1% | +11.7 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +0.8% | 40.9% | −31.6% | −7.2% | +8.0 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −27.1% | 45.9% | −62.3% | −42.1% | +15.0 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +2.3% | 72.4% | −54.8% | −11.6% | +13.9 pts |
| Since launch Mar 27, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +12.2% | 82.8% | −70.1% | −13.0% | +25.2 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Mar 27, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +7.4% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Mar 2025: 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 77 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
WNTR paid 72.4% in cash over the year and returned 2.3% in total, less than it paid out.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026WNTR: in the 23 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $3.2m went out, over 22 of 23 trading days.
Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
Oct 5, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
WNTR, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 3 days, of the 22 days with daily data; the other 43 have none. Before Oct 2, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 0 days, out on 3. 43 days missing.
WNTR, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 3 days, of the 22 days with daily data; the other 229 have none. Before Oct 2, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 0 days, out on 3. 229 days missing.
WNTR, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 3 days, of the 22 days with daily data; the other 378 have none. Before Oct 2, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 0 days, out on 3. 378 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 2, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from YieldMax’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for WNTR, back to Mar 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare WNTR with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months22 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year6 weeks
Net flow into WNTR each week, Oct 2, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outMar 2025 to Nov 2026
WNTR, money in and money out each month from Mar 2025 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Mar 2025 to Jul 2026 are from WNTR’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Aug 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 19 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 4.
Bars for Mar 2025 to Jul 2026 are from WNTR’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 19 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 4.
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 daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
WNTR key stats
WNTR return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 3, 2026
Thin: its typical spread is 0.50% of its price.
WNTR for holders outside the US
13 distributions for WNTR, $0.1784 to $0.4613 a share and $0.2169 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.
WNTR pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.1829 a share, which went ex on Oct 29, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Nov 10, 2026, payable Nov 12, 2026, but has not declared the amount.
Expected distributions for WNTR. 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 WNTR. 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 77 income ETFs writing on a single company sitting at or below WNTR.
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: 3.2% · 63rd pct, −365.9% to 498.6% across 77.
About WNTR
How we measure
12 seats on WNTR, as of Nov 4, 2026: 6 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about WNTR
- How much has WNTR paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WNTR paid 72.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 54.8%.
- Is WNTR ahead of short MSTR?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, WNTR returned +2.3% against −11.6% for MicroStrategy (MSTR) held short, so a holder was ahead of it by 13.9 points.
- How often does WNTR pay, and how much?
- WNTR pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 63.6% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the WNTR distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 59% 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 WNTR next pay a distribution?
- WNTR pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 29, 2026 at $0.1829 a share. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Nov 10, 2026 but not the amount.
- What does WNTR cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.00% a year.
- How much of WNTR’s distribution is return of capital?
- YieldMax’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 59.1% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 14, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026, the estimate is 66.7%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Jul 31, 2026 puts it at 31.0% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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