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Income · ranked by net expense ratio, after any fee waivers

The cheapest option-income ETFs

DINE leads the cheapest option-income ETFs at 0.15% (expense ratio), as of Oct 27, 2026. 15 funds ranked by net expense ratio, after any fee waivers. The cheapest fund is not the best. Returns are on the same row.

Expense ratio, one bar per fund
firstlast
0.15%
first, DINE
0.35%
last, QYLG
15
funds in the list

All 15, lowest first

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Points (pts) are percentage points.

The cheapest option-income ETFs
#TickerFundExpense ratio ↑Cash paid 1YTotal return 1Yvs benchmark
1DINESimplify Tax Aware Diversified Income Strategy ETF0.15%not publishednot publishednot available
2SPINState Street US Equity Premium Income ETF0.25%4.9%+8.2%−5.3 pts
3IVVWiShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF0.25%17.5%+14.8%+1.3 pts
4TLTXGlobal X Treasury Bond Enhanced Income ETF0.29%14.8%−5.7%not available
5GPIQGoldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF0.29%10.7%+16.1%+0.7 pts
6GPIXGoldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF0.29%8.6%+14.7%+1.2 pts
7PBPInvesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF0.29%11.7%+15.6%+2.1 pts
8PAPIParametric Equity Premium Income ETF0.29%8.0%+17.4%−9.1 pts
9RECIColumbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF0.30%not publishednot publishednot available
10TOPWRoundhill Top WeeklyPay ETF0.32%29.2%−9.7%not available
11PCOVPrincipal Equity Premium Income ETF0.34%not publishednot publishednot available
12TCALT. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF0.34%11.2%+6.5%−1.0 pts
13LQDWiShares LQD Premium Income+ ETF0.34%11.2%+1.3%+4.5 pts
14DYLGGlobal X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF0.35%9.2%+12.6%not available
15QYLGGlobal X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF0.35%16.6%+17.3%+1.9 pts
As of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.CSVMethod
Cash paid against total return, top 12
SPIN
IVVW
TLTX
GPIQ
GPIX
PBP
PAPI
TOPW
TCAL
LQDW
DYLG
QYLG
Cash paid, % of starting priceTotal return, same scaleNegative total return

Where the marker sits left of the bar's end, the fund paid out more than it made.

Method

Fees are read from the risk and return data filed as XBRL with each fund's prospectus.

The rest of the method

The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.

Where to next
Sources and dates
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SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filingsefts.sec.gov ↗
SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holdssec.gov ↗
Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must sayecfr.gov ↗

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