# Income ETFs measured against QQQ

> Every option-income ETF on QQQ: 20 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 QQQ

Compare the option-income ETFs measured against QQQ with it and with each other. 20 funds. Updated Oct 28, 2026. Over the last year 7 of the 14 with a full year finished ahead of QQQ once the cash is counted in.

14 of the 20 income ETFs measured against QQQ, how many beat their benchmark, as of Oct 28, 2026. The rest are in the table below: 6 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 QQQ 1Y | Return of capital, latest | Distribution Coverage Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| QLDY | Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF | Defiance | 34.4% | $56m | Oct 27, 2026 | 1.04% | −2.1% | +9.4% | +15.5% | +11.9% | not available | +19.1% since Sep 2025 | −3.3 pts | 100.0% | 29 |
| QDTE | Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | Roundhill | 34.2% | $919m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.96% | −0.3% | +9.5% | +16.4% | +16.5% | not available | +61.4% since Mar 2024 | +1.3 pts | 100.0% | 35.1 |
| TQQY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST QQQ ETF | GraniteShares | 31.8% | $5.1m | Oct 27, 2026 | 1.15% | −1.5% | +3.8% | +5.5% | −4.6% | not available | +0.7% since Feb 2025 | −19.8 pts | 93.1% | 15.5 |
| QDTY | YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | YieldMax | 30.2% | $39m | Oct 27, 2026 | 1.17% | −1.1% | +7.1% | +13.3% | +12.4% | not available | +26.3% since Feb 2025 | −2.8 pts | not published | 32 |
| QQQY | Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF | Defiance | 29.5% | $187m | Oct 27, 2026 | 1.01% | −2.1% | +9.2% | +17.9% | +17.5% | +64.4% | +56.8% | +2.3 pts | 100.0% | 41.2 |
| TDAQ | TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF | TappAlpha | 16.5% | $248m | Jun 30, 2026 | 0.68% | −1.1% | +9.8% | +17.0% | +15.2% | not available | +27.4% since Sep 2025 | 0.0 pts | 98.0% | 54 |
| QYLG | Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF | Global X | 16.5% | $183m | Oct 12, 2026 | 0.35% | −0.5% | +10.0% | +17.1% | +17.2% | +87.2% | +124.6% | +2.0 pts | 93.5% | 64.9 |
| QQQI | NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | NEOS | 13.7% | $15.4bn | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.68% | −1.1% | +9.9% | +13.0% | +11.9% | not available | +60.7% since Jan 2024 | −3.3 pts | 100.0% | 49.1 |
| QYLD | Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF | Global X | 12.3% | $8.5bn | Oct 12, 2026 | 0.60% | +0.6% | +10.4% | +15.4% | +19.3% | +62.2% | +202.5% | +4.1 pts | 98.8% | 82 |
| FTQI | First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF | First Trust | 12.0% | $1.0bn | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.75% | +1.0% | +7.6% | +17.4% | +18.7% | +72.7% | +145.0% | +3.5 pts | 98.5% | 81.4 |
| JEPQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | JPMorgan | 11.6% | $44.2bn | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.35% | −0.8% | +10.5% | +13.0% | +14.2% | +83.5% | +92.9% | −1.0 pts | not published | 72.3 |
| QRMI | Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF | Global X | 11.6% | $15m | Oct 12, 2026 | 0.60% | −0.4% | +4.3% | +3.8% | +5.3% | +30.7% | +10.3% | −9.9 pts | 99.9% | 34.5 |
| GPIQ | Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF | Goldman Sachs | 10.6% | $6.5bn | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.29% | −0.8% | +9.1% | +17.3% | +16.1% | +99.1% | +99.7% | +0.9 pts | not published | 79.6 |
| IQQQ | ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | ProShares | 6.4% | $397m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.55% | −1.3% | +7.0% | +13.1% | +9.6% | not available | +50.1% since Mar 2024 | −5.6 pts | 87.0% | 78.4 |
| CAIQ | Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF | Calamos | not published | $286m | Jul 31, 2026 | 0.74% | −2.3% | +5.1% | +11.8% | not available | not available | +16.3% since Nov 2025 | not available | 100.0% | |
| ROCQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF | JPMorgan | not published | $786m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.35% | −2.3% | +7.1% | not available | not available | not available | +16.2% since Mar 2026 | not available | not published | |
| KIQQ | KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF | KraneShares | not published | $2.5m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.79% | −1.6% | +4.8% | not available | not available | not available | +4.7% since Jan 2026 | not available | 99.5% | |
| XQQI | NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | NEOS | not published | $398m | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.98% | −1.9% | +14.8% | not available | not available | not available | +15.2% since Feb 2026 | not available | 100.0% | |
| ACQQ | ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF | ProShares | not published | $44m | Oct 28, 2026 | 0.72% | −5.8% | not available | not available | not available | not available | −4.9% since Aug 2026 | not available | 94.0% | |
| BALQ | iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF | iShares | not published | $44m | Oct 27, 2026 | 0.35% | −1.4% | +10.7% | +22.1% | not available | not available | +21.5% since Dec 2025 | not available | 86.0% | |

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