{"url":"https://etfiq.com/income/metals","section":"income","title":"Income ETFs that write options on metals | ETFIQ","description":"Every option-income ETF on metals: 13 funds on cash paid, total return with distributions reinvested and whether holders finished ahead, as of Oct 9, 2026.","as_of":"Oct 9, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"Income ETFs that write options on metals","numberOfItems":13,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"GDXY","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gdxy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"KSLV","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/kslv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SLJY","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/sljy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"IGLD","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/igld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"KGLD","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/kgld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"IAUI","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/iaui"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"SLVY","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/slvy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"name":"NUGY","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/nugy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"name":"GLDN","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gldn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"name":"SLVX","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/slvx"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":11,"name":"GDXW","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gdxw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":12,"name":"GLDW","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gldw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":13,"name":"MINY","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/miny"}]},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"Income ETFs that write options on metals","description":"Every option-income ETF on metals: 13 funds on cash paid, total return with distributions reinvested and whether holders finished ahead, as of Oct 9, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/income/metals","dateModified":"2026-10-09","inLanguage":"en","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/income.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Cash paid","Price change","Total return with distributions reinvested","Benchmark total return","Ahead or behind in percentage points","Distribution rate","Return of capital estimate","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Income ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Income ETFs","item":"https://etfiq.com/income/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Metals","item":"https://etfiq.com/income/metals"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"Income ETFs that write options on metals","description":"Every option-income ETF on metals: 13 funds on cash paid, total return with distributions reinvested and whether holders finished ahead, as of Oct 9, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/income/metals","dateModified":"2026-10-09","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":3581,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Income ETFs / Metals \n \n Data as of Oct 9, 2026 .\n Income ETFs that write options on metals\n Each writes options on gold, silver or mining companies, through a fund that holds them. 13 funds, largest payer first, each measured against what it writes on. Over the last year 0 of the 3 with a full year finished ahead of it once the cash is counted in.\n [3 Behind it. Figures to Oct 9, 2026. 3 Behind it. Figures to Oct 9, 2026.] [3 Behind it. Figures to Oct 9, 2026. 3 Behind it. Figures to Oct 9, 2026.] \n 3 of the 13 income ETFs that write on metals, 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: 10 have no figure for this window yet.\n Browse by what it writes options on\n GLD 3 Income ETFs that write options on metals, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Ticker Fund Issuer Benchmark Paid 1Y Total return 1Y Ahead or behind 1Y Return of capital, latest Return Stability Score Net assets \n GDXY YieldMax(R) Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF YieldMax GDX 44.4% +3.4% \u221215.6 pts 92.9% 6.6 $305m \n KSLV Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF Kurv none 29.9% +18.0% not available 91.0% $117m \n SLJY Amplify SILJ Junior Silver Miners Covered Call ETF Amplify its own holdings 24.2% +18.6% not available not published $72m \n IGLD FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF First Trust GLD 20.5% +2.7% \u22122.5 pts not published 30.6 $584m \n KGLD Kurv Gold Enhanced Income ETF Kurv none 15.1% +4.1% not available 86.0% $161m \n IAUI NEOS Gold High Income ETF NEOS GLD 12.6% +3.1% \u22122.1 pts 84.0% 37.5 $648m \n SLVY FT Vest Silver Strategy & Target Income ETF First Trust SLV not published not published not available not published $1m \n NUGY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF GraniteShares none not published not published not available 95.7% $5m \n GLDN Nicholas Gold Income ETF Nicholas its own holdings not published not published not available not published $3m \n SLVX Nicholas Silver Income ETF Nicholas its own holdings not published not published not available not published $4m \n GDXW Roundhill Gold Miners WeeklyPay ETF Roundhill GDX not published not published not available not published $81m \n GLDW Roundhill Gold WeeklyPay ETF Roundhill GLD not published not published not available not published $18m \n MINY YieldMax(R) Strategic Metals & Mining Portfolio Option Income ETF YieldMax its own holdings not published not published not available 97.5% $10m \n \n Where to next\n Every income ETF Going ex-dividend next Head to head The vocabulary Where these figures came from\n Rule 19a-1 distribution notices and prospectus filings on SEC EDGAR SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement.\n ETFIQ is an independent publisher and makes no recommendations; every figure is calculated from published data. 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