Income ETFs that write options on a broad index
Each writes options on a broad part of the stock market, in the U.S. or abroad, such as the S&P 500, the Nasdaq-100 or the Russell 2000, rather than on one company or one sector. 129 funds, largest payer first, each measured against what it writes on. Over the last year 21 of the 75 with a full year finished ahead of it once the cash is counted in.
Did a holder come out ahead of what it writes options on?Oct 9, 2026
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18 Ahead of its benchmark, 13 Level, 44 Behind it. Figures to Oct 9, 2026.
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75 of the 129 income ETFs that write on a broad index, how many finished ahead of the index or stock they write options on, as of Oct 9, 2026. The rest are in the table below: 3 write options on a single company rather than an index and are not measured against the same thing, and 51 have no figure for this window yet.
Income ETFs that write options on a broad index, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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Net assets
| Ticker | Fund | Issuer | Benchmark | Paid 1Y ↓ | Total return 1Y | Ahead or behind 1Y | Return of capital, latest | Return Stability Score | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULTY | YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF | YieldMax | its own holdings | 42.9% | −7.5% | not available | 8.8% | $695m | |
| QLDY | Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF | Defiance | QQQ | 35.4% | +20.7% | −2.9 pts | 0.0% | 28.9 | $57m |
| QDTE | Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | Roundhill | QQQ | 35.4% | +23.6% | 0.0 pts | not published | 41.6 | $962m |
| YMAG | YieldMax(R) Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs | YieldMax | its own holdings | 34.5% | +11.4% | not available | 34.0% | $294m | |
| RDTY | YieldMax(R) R2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | YieldMax | IWM | 34.0% | +14.7% | −0.3 pts | 27.1% | 37.5 | $16m |
| RDTE | Roundhill Russell 2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | Roundhill | IWM | 33.9% | +14.8% | −0.2 pts | not published | 38.5 | $159m |
| OARK | YieldMax(R) Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF | YieldMax | ARKK | 33.8% | +1.7% | +4.0 pts | 0.0% | 51.8 | $31m |
| QDTY | YieldMax(R) Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | YieldMax | QQQ | 30.9% | +21.4% | −2.2 pts | 0.0% | 33.6 | $29m |
| QQQY | Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF | Defiance | QQQ | 29.8% | +22.3% | −1.3 pts | 92.6% | 37.5 | $190m |
| EGGY | NestYield Dynamic Income ETF | Nest Egg | its own stocks | 28.6% | +15.7% | not available | not published | $126m | |
| IWMY | Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF | Defiance | IWM | 28.4% | +3.2% | −11.8 pts | 100.0% | 12.2 | $85m |
| WDTE | Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF | Defiance | SPY | 27.8% | +16.3% | −1.0 pts | 100.0% | 36.3 | $73m |
| YQQQ | YieldMax(R) Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF | YieldMax | short QQQ | 27.1% | +0.1% | +22.4 pts | 83.3% | 56.6 | $26m |
| XDTE | Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | Roundhill | SPY | 26.2% | +16.8% | −0.4 pts | not published | 41 | $331m |
| MAGY | Roundhill Magnificent Seven Covered Call ETF | Roundhill | MAGS | 25.6% | +4.4% | −10.2 pts | not published | 17.2 | $100m |
| SDTY | YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | YieldMax | VOO | 24.5% | +17.1% | −0.2 pts | 40.1% | 45.1 | $29m |
| GIAX | Nicholas Global Equity and Income ETF | Nicholas | its own holdings | 22.9% | +17.6% | not available | not published | $102m | |
| FEPI | REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF | REX | its own stocks | 22.6% | +16.9% | not available | not published | $744m | |
| KLIP | KraneShares KWEB Covered Call Strategy ETF | KraneShares | KWEB | 19.1% | −15.1% | +21.0 pts | not published | 55.9 | $89m |
| IWMW | iShares Russell 2000 BuyWrite ETF | iShares | IWM | 18.6% | +11.8% | −3.1 pts | not published | 35.5 | $55m |
| XPAY | Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF | Roundhill | VOO | 18.2% | +16.5% | −0.8 pts | not published | 48 | $185m |
| IVVW | iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF | iShares | SPY | 17.9% | +17.2% | −0.1 pts | not published | 54.7 | $347m |
| QYLG | Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF | Global X | QQQ | 17.1% | +23.6% | 0.0 pts | 93.5% | 71.1 | $181m |
| TDAQ | TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF | TappAlpha | QQQ | 16.9% | +23.4% | −0.2 pts | not published | 69.5 | $248m |
| DRKY | VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF | VistaShares | its own stocks | 15.5% | +24.4% | not available | not published | $21m | |
| IWMI | NEOS Russell 2000 High Income ETF | NEOS | IWM | 14.8% | +15.8% | +0.8 pts | 100.0% | 66.8 | $1.3bn |
| OMAH | VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF | VistaShares | its own stocks | 14.6% | +8.4% | not available | not published | $1.1bn | |
| QUSA | VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF | VistaShares | its own stocks | 14.0% | +6.5% | not available | not published | $22m | |
| TSPY | TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF | TappAlpha | VOO | 14.0% | +15.5% | −1.8 pts | not published | 53.9 | $311m |
| ACKY | VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF | VistaShares | PSUS | 14.0% | +2.2% | not available | not published | $45m | |
| QQQI | NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF | NEOS | QQQ | 13.9% | +17.9% | −5.7 pts | 98.0% | 50.4 | $15.2bn |
| XYLG | Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF | Global X | SPY | 13.0% | +18.0% | +0.7 pts | 80.2% | 72.7 | $71m |
| FTKI | First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF | First Trust | IWM | 12.5% | +20.3% | +5.3 pts | not published | 90.3 | $25m |
| QYLD | Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF | Global X | QQQ | 12.4% | +22.9% | −0.7 pts | 98.8% | 71.5 | $8.5bn |
| BIGY | YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Big 50 Option Income ETF | YieldMax | its own stocks | 12.4% | +14.1% | not available | 0.0% | $33m | |
| RYLD | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | Global X | IWM | 12.3% | +15.1% | +0.2 pts | 100.0% | 68 | $1.3bn |
| YYY | Amplify CEF High Income ETF | Amplify | its own holdings | 12.1% | −0.6% | not available | not published | $654m | |
| SPYI | NEOS S&P 500(R) High Income ETF | NEOS | SPY | 12.1% | +16.0% | −1.2 pts | 93.0% | 59.8 | $12.5bn |
| XRMI | Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF | Global X | SPY | 12.1% | +10.5% | −6.7 pts | 95.4% | 37.1 | $62m |
| RNTY | YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF | YieldMax | its own stocks | 12.0% | +5.6% | not available | 0.0% | $6m | |
| FTQI | First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF | First Trust | QQQ | 12.0% | +21.1% | −2.5 pts | not published | 63.4 | $1.0bn |
| JEPQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | JPMorgan | QQQ | 11.9% | +19.1% | −4.5 pts | not published | 57.8 | $40.7bn |
| OVF | Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF | Overlay Shares | its own holdings | 11.9% | +18.8% | not available | not published | $41m | |
| PBP | Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF | Invesco | SPY | 11.9% | +18.8% | +1.5 pts | not published | 79 | $392m |
| QRMI | Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF | Global X | QQQ | 11.8% | +8.3% | −15.3 pts | 99.9% | 23.1 | $15m |
| TCAL | T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF | T. Rowe Price | its own stocks | 11.3% | +3.4% | not available | not published | $307m | |
| XYLD | Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | Global X | SPY | 10.9% | +18.1% | +0.9 pts | 92.6% | 77 | $3.4bn |
| GPIQ | Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF | Goldman Sachs | QQQ | 10.9% | +22.7% | −0.9 pts | not published | 72.7 | $6.4bn |
| RYLG | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF | Global X | IWM | 10.9% | +14.8% | −0.1 pts | 100.0% | 67.2 | $8m |
| NIHI | NEOS MSCI EAFE High Income ETF | NEOS | IEFA | 10.7% | +12.8% | −1.2 pts | 0.0% | 58.5 | $210m |
| DJIA | Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF | Global X | DIA | 10.5% | +13.9% | +0.9 pts | 70.5% | 72.3 | $189m |
| OVS | Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF | Overlay Shares | IJR | 10.2% | +20.7% | +2.6 pts | not published | 89.4 | $28m |
| DOGG | FT Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF | First Trust | DIA | 9.6% | +15.2% | +2.2 pts | not published | 82 | $87m |
| SDVD | FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF | First Trust | SDVY | 9.5% | +12.9% | +1.4 pts | not published | 75.4 | $883m |
| DYLG | Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF | Global X | DIA | 9.5% | +13.6% | +0.6 pts | 32.4% | 72.7 | $5m |
| KHPI | Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF | Kensington | SPY | 9.1% | +10.8% | −6.4 pts | not published | 47.7 | $401m |
| OVL | Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF | Overlay Shares | VOO | 9.0% | +20.2% | +2.9 pts | not published | 90.3 | $276m |
| RDVI | FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF | First Trust | RDVY | 9.0% | +19.7% | −0.6 pts | not published | 73 | $3.8bn |
| FTHI | First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF | First Trust | SPY | 8.9% | +10.5% | −6.7 pts | not published | 46.5 | $2.6bn |
| GPIX | Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF | Goldman Sachs | SPY | 8.8% | +17.7% | +0.5 pts | not published | 77.8 | $6.2bn |
| KNG | FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF | First Trust | its own stocks | 8.6% | +8.4% | not available | not published | $3.3bn | |
| BALI | iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF | iShares | SPY | 8.4% | +19.3% | +2.1 pts | not published | 87.1 | $1.5bn |
| SCLZ | Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF | Swan | its own stocks | 8.4% | +14.7% | not available | not published | $20m | |
| SEPI | Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF | Shelton | its own stocks | 8.2% | +21.8% | not available | not published | $152m | |
| ITWO | ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF | ProShares | IWM | 8.1% | +16.9% | +1.9 pts | not published | 85.2 | $185m |
| FGSI | FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF | First Trust | FTGS | 8.1% | +6.7% | −0.3 pts | not published | 53.1 | $2m |
| JEPI | JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | JPMorgan | SPY | 8.0% | +8.4% | −8.9 pts | not published | 38.9 | $44.7bn |
| PAPI | Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF | Parametric | IWD | 8.0% | +11.6% | −14.8 pts | not published | 40.6 | $400m |
| YLDE | Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF | Franklin | its own stocks | 7.7% | +10.6% | not available | not published | $174m | |
| CVRD | Madison Covered Call ETF | Madison | its own stocks | 7.5% | +5.2% | not available | not published | $32m | |
| FDND | FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF | First Trust | FDN | 7.1% | +4.3% | −1.7 pts | not published | 44.1 | $10m |
| XIJN | FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - June | First Trust | VOO | 6.9% | +6.7% | −10.6 pts | not published | 33.8 | $52m |
| DIVO | Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF | Amplify | its own holdings | 6.8% | +15.1% | not available | not published | $7.8bn | |
| XIMR | FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March | First Trust | VOO | 6.8% | +7.6% | −9.7 pts | not published | 43.1 | $26m |
| IDVO | Amplify CWP International Enhanced Dividend Income ETF | Amplify | its own holdings | 6.7% | +18.9% | not available | not published | $1.4bn | |
| IQQQ | ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | ProShares | QQQ | 6.7% | +17.5% | −6.0 pts | not published | 60.9 | $412m |
| OCTH | Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October | Innovator | SPY | 6.5% | +7.4% | −9.8 pts | not published | 43.3 | $16m |
| APRH | Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April | Innovator | SPY | 6.4% | +6.8% | −10.5 pts | not published | 38.3 | $25m |
| XIDE | FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December | First Trust | VOO | 6.3% | +6.5% | −10.8 pts | not published | 35.4 | $23m |
| JANH | Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - January | Innovator | SPY | 6.3% | +6.7% | −10.5 pts | not published | 39 | $12m |
| APRJ | Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April | Innovator | SPY | 6.2% | +6.2% | −11.1 pts | not published | 33.2 | $28m |
| XISE | FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - September | First Trust | VOO | 6.0% | +6.7% | −10.6 pts | not published | 40.6 | $33m |
| LAPR | Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April | Innovator | VOO | 6.0% | +6.2% | −11.1 pts | not published | 33.8 | $11m |
| ISPY | ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | ProShares | SPY | 5.8% | +13.5% | −3.7 pts | not published | 60.9 | $1.2bn |
| JULJ | Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July | Innovator | SPY | 5.7% | +5.4% | −11.9 pts | not published | 29.7 | $14m |
| IDUB | Aptus International Enhanced Yield ETF | Aptus | VXUS | 5.5% | +21.3% | +3.5 pts | not published | 92.6 | $499m |
| OCTJ | Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October | Innovator | SPY | 5.3% | +5.8% | −11.4 pts | not published | 37.9 | $15m |
| LJUL | Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July | Innovator | VOO | 5.2% | +5.3% | −12.0 pts | not published | 30.4 | $9m |
| LOCT | Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October | Innovator | VOO | 5.2% | +5.6% | −11.7 pts | not published | 36.3 | $11m |
| SPIN | State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF | State Street | its own stocks | 5.0% | +12.0% | not available | not published | $47m | |
| JANJ | Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - January | Innovator | SPY | 5.0% | +5.4% | −11.9 pts | not published | 33.8 | $14m |
| SPUT | Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF | Innovator | SPY | 5.0% | +11.9% | −5.4 pts | not published | 57 | $17m |
| LJAN | Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - January | Innovator | VOO | 4.9% | +5.3% | −12.1 pts | not published | 33.1 | $12m |
| JULH | Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July | Innovator | SPY | 4.8% | +5.0% | −12.3 pts | not published | 31.1 | $17m |
| DUBS | Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF | Aptus | SPY | 2.4% | +21.3% | +4.0 pts | not published | 95.3 | $398m |
| SIXH | ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF | Exchange Traded Concepts | its own holdings | 2.0% | +17.3% | not available | not published | $543m | |
| VEGA | AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF | AdvisorShares | its own holdings | 1.4% | +9.7% | not available | not published | $93m | |
| JOYT | JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF | JPMorgan | SPY | 0.9% | +16.9% | −0.4 pts | not published | 76.2 | $114m |
| OVLH | Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF | Overlay Shares | VOO | 0.3% | +9.6% | −7.7 pts | not published | 57.4 | $116m |
| CAIQ | Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF | Calamos | QQQ | not published | not published | not available | not published | $286m | |
| CDPI | Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF | Columbia | none | not published | not published | not available | not published | not read by ETFIQ | |
| RECI | Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF | Columbia | none | not published | not published | not available | not published | not read by ETFIQ | |
| OEI | Optimized Equity Income ETF | Core Alternative | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $46m | |
| XVSP | FT Vest SPCX & Target Income ETF | First Trust | SPCX | not published | not published | not available | not published | $2m | |
| GRNI | Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF | Fundstrat | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $55m | |
| HEMI | Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF | Hartford | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $35m | |
| QVOL | Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF | Infrastructure Capital | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $8m | |
| ROCQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF | JPMorgan | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $722m | |
| ROCY | JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF | JPMorgan | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $800m | |
| JUDO | Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF | Janus Henderson | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $7m | |
| KIQQ | KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF | KraneShares | QQQ | not published | not published | not available | not published | $3m | |
| KYLD | Kurv High Income ETF | Kurv | its own holdings | not published | not published | not available | 99.0% | $53m | |
| XSHP | Kurv SpaceX Enhanced Income ETF | Kurv | none | not published | not published | not available | 94.0% | $10m | |
| NLSI | NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF | NEOS | SPY | not published | not published | not available | 97.0% | $5m | |
| XQQI | NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF | NEOS | QQQ | not published | not published | not available | 100.0% | $421m | |
| XSPI | NEOS Boosted S&P 500(R) High Income ETF | NEOS | SPY | not published | not published | not available | 99.0% | $128m | |
| PCOV | Principal Equity Premium Income ETF | Principal | none | not published | not published | not available | not published | not read by ETFIQ | |
| ACQQ | ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF | ProShares | QQQ | not published | not published | not available | not published | $25m | |
| ACRT | ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF | ProShares | IWM | not published | not published | not available | not published | $1m | |
| ACSP | ProShares S&P 500 Autocallable Income ETF | ProShares | SPY | not published | not published | not available | not published | $6m | |
| TPAY | Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF | Roundhill | VOO | not published | not published | not available | not published | $2m | |
| SCEP | STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF | Sterling Capital | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $235m | |
| ODTE | VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF | VegaShares | its own holdings | not published | not published | not available | not published | $3m | |
| SIOO | VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF | VistaShares | OEF | not published | not published | not available | not published | $22m | |
| TPRY | VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF | VistaShares | its own stocks | not published | not published | not available | not published | $4m | |
| VOOY | XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF | XFUNDS | none | not published | not published | not available | not published | not read by ETFIQ | |
| DDDD | YieldMax(R) U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF | YieldMax | SCHD | not published | not published | not available | 76.4% | $7m | |
| YSPC | YieldMax(R) [SpaceX] Option Income Strategy ETF | YieldMax | SPCX | not published | not published | not available | 94.5% | $35m | |
| BALQ | iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF | iShares | QQQ | not published | not published | not available | not published | $37m |
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