# When do ETFs pay dividends?

> An ETF distribution has two dates that matter: the ex-date, which decides who receives it, and the pay date, when the cash arrives.

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

Answered from ETFIQ data as of Oct 28, 2026 .

## When do ETFs pay dividends?

An ETF distribution has two dates that matter: the ex-date, which decides who receives it, and the pay date, when the cash arrives. 332 income ETFs have one expected in the next 45 days and 265 of them inside the next 14 days, which is what the calendar shows. 0 have been declared by the issuer rather than projected by ETFIQ.

You must own the fund before the ex-date to receive the distribution. On the ex-date the price drops by roughly the amount paid. That is why a distribution is not income the way interest is: part of it is your own capital moving from the price into your cash.

The gap between ex-date and payment is usually one to three days. Funds declare days ahead, not months, so most future dates anywhere, including here, are projections from the fund's own past spacing, not issuer statements. ETFIQ marks which is which and never lets a projection read as a schedule.

The payout page has the full calendar, out to 14 days. Every fund page carries its own last and next.

### On ETFIQ today

| Ticker | Fund | Pays | Next ex-date | Pay date | Basis |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IWMY | Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| QQQY | Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| USOY | Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| WDTE | Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| BPI | Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF | monthly | Oct 29, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| BTCC | Grayscale Bitcoin High Income ETF | monthly | Oct 29, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| ETCO | Grayscale Ethereum High Income ETF | monthly | Oct 29, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| ULTI | REX IncomeMax Option Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| QDTE | Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| RDTE | Roundhill Russell 2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| XDTE | Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| ODTE | VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| VAIE | VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| AIYY | YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| AMDY | YieldMax AMD Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| AMZY | YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| APLY | YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| BABO | YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| BRKC | YieldMax BRK.B Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| CONY | YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| CRCO | YieldMax CRCL Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| CRSH | YieldMax Short TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| CVNY | YieldMax CVNA Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| DIPS | YieldMax Short NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |
| DRAY | YieldMax DKNG Option Income Strategy ETF | weekly | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | ETFIQ projection |

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