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Rebuilt every trading night.\n All income All option income Broad (an index, an ETF or a basket) Single-stock The highest yielding broad option income ETFs\n See 15 funds ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. Updated Oct 20, 2026. The highest payer is rarely the fund that left a holder with the most. Both columns are here.\n The highest yielding broad option income ETFs, ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Cash paid Price change Total return vs benchmark Pays \n 1 USOY Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF 53.0% +8.9% +79.6% \u221257.2 pts weekly \n 2 CHPY YieldMax Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF 47.6% +4.1% +58.9% +43.1 pts weekly \n 3 SLTY YieldMax Ultra Short Option Income Strategy ETF 46.9% \u221250.1% \u22124.9% not measured weekly \n 4 ULTY YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF 44.0% \u221254.2% \u22129.8% +4.2 pts weekly \n 5 GDXY YieldMax Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF 42.7% \u221243.4% \u22123.1% \u221211.0 pts weekly \n 6 XBTY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF 40.3% \u221265.1% \u221228.5% \u22122.9 pts weekly \n 7 ETCO Grayscale Ethereum High Income ETF 36.7% \u221269.4% \u221238.7% +0.2 pts monthly \n 8 YMAX YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs 36.2% \u221241.7% \u22123.1% \u221217.8 pts weekly \n 9 LFGY YieldMax Crypto Industry & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF 35.8% \u221256.1% \u221223.5% \u221239.3 pts weekly \n 10 QLDY Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF 35.3% \u221223.4% +14.3% \u22123.6 pts weekly \n 11 QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF 35.3% \u221220.6% +18.1% +0.2 pts weekly \n 12 YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs 34.2% \u221227.3% +9.3% +0.8 pts weekly \n 13 RDTY YieldMax R2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF 34.1% \u221224.0% +12.1% \u22120.2 pts weekly \n 14 RDTE Roundhill Russell 2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF 33.9% \u221223.3% +12.5% +0.2 pts weekly \n 15 CEPI REX Crypto Equity Premium Income ETF 33.1% \u221232.1% +3.2% \u221212.6 pts weekly \n \n Method\n Yield here is cash paid: every distribution over the year, as a percent of the price at the start of it. It is not a return, and the price change sits beside it. These 175 funds write options on an index, a fund, a basket or a coin rather than one company, and they are ranked against each other rather than against funds writing on something else, because those are not the same purchase. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every income ETF The highest yielding income ETFs Does a higher yield mean more money? 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 A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. 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