# Income ETFs measured against IWM

> Every option-income ETF on IWM: 12 funds on cash paid, total return with distributions reinvested and whether holders finished ahead, as of Oct 28, 2026.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026 .

## Income ETFs measured against IWM

Compare the option-income ETFs measured against IWM with it and with each other. 12 funds. Updated Oct 28, 2026. Over the last year 4 of the 9 with a full year finished ahead of IWM once the cash is counted in.

9 of the 12 income ETFs measured against IWM, how many beat their benchmark, as of Oct 28, 2026. The rest are in the table below: 3 have no data for this window yet.

| Ticker | Fund | Issuer | Paid 1Y | Net assets | Net assets as of | Fee | Total return 1M | Total return 3M | Total return YTD | Total return 1Y | Total return 3Y | Total return since launch | Ahead or behind IWM 1Y | Return of capital, latest | Distribution Coverage Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RDTY | YieldMax R2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | YieldMax | 34.3% | $15m | Oct 27, 2026 | 1.73% | +0.4% | −0.7% | +16.9% | +13.6% | not available | +29.5% since Mar 2025 | −0.5 pts | 100.0% | 30.8 |
| RDTE | Roundhill Russell 2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | Roundhill | 33.4% | $154m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.97% | +0.1% | −1.0% | +15.8% | +14.1% | not available | +38.1% since Sep 2024 | 0.0 pts | 100.0% | 32.6 |
| IWMY | Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF | Defiance | 28.2% | $80m | Oct 27, 2026 | 1.05% | −0.4% | −3.4% | +8.6% | +5.2% | not available | +39.2% since Oct 2023 | −8.9 pts | 10.6% | 25.9 |
| IWMW | iShares IWM Premium Income+ ETF | iShares | 18.1% | $56m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.39% | +0.5% | −0.5% | +11.8% | +9.7% | not available | +27.8% since Mar 2024 | −4.4 pts | 4.0% | 38.1 |
| IWMI | NEOS Russell 2000 High Income ETF | NEOS | 14.7% | $1.3bn | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.68% | +0.9% | −0.8% | +13.8% | +15.1% | not available | +39.5% since Jun 2024 | +1.0 pts | 76.0% | 62.5 |
| FTKI | First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF | First Trust | 12.5% | $25m | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.86% | +3.1% | +1.9% | +14.5% | +19.3% | not available | +19.4% since Feb 2025 | +5.2 pts | 92.8% | 80.2 |
| RYLD | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | Global X | 12.1% | $1.3bn | Oct 12, 2026 | 0.60% | +0.1% | −0.3% | +10.9% | +12.1% | +38.8% | +49.0% | −2.0 pts | 100.0% | 57.6 |
| RYLG | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF | Global X | 10.5% | $7.7m | Oct 12, 2026 | 0.35% | +0.2% | −1.4% | +12.6% | +12.4% | +57.8% | +45.1% | −1.7 pts | 100.0% | 71 |
| ITWO | ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF | ProShares | 8.0% | $181m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.55% | +0.9% | −1.8% | +16.9% | +16.5% | not available | +38.4% since Sep 2024 | +2.4 pts | 81.0% | 89.9 |
| ACYN | FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income ETF | First Trust | not published | $2.6bn | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.75% | +0.7% | +4.0% | not available | not available | not available | +8.7% since Feb 2026 | not available | 18.9% | |
| ACYS | FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF | First Trust | not published | $613m | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.75% | +0.7% | +2.6% | not available | not available | not available | +4.7% since Apr 2026 | not available | 17.6% | |
| ACRT | ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF | ProShares | not published | $1.5m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.72% | +0.6% | not available | not available | not available | not available | −7.6% since Aug 2026 | not available | 92.0% | |

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