The highest yielding ETFs that pay monthly
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.
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| # | Ticker | Fund | Cash paid ↓ | Price change | Total return | vs benchmark | Pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETCO | Grayscale Ethereum High Income ETF | 36.7% | −69.4% | −38.7% | +0.2 pts | monthly |
| 2 | BTCC | Grayscale Bitcoin High Income ETF | 30.2% | −53.5% | −24.2% | +1.4 pts | monthly |
| 3 | EGGY | NestYield Dynamic Income ETF | 29.2% | −28.6% | −0.9% | −16.7 pts | monthly |
| 4 | KSLV | Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF | 27.6% | −19.1% | +3.5% | not measured | monthly |
| 5 | EHY | Amplify Ethereum Max Income Covered Call | 24.1% | −66.7% | −46.7% | −7.8 pts | monthly |
| 6 | SLJY | Amplify SILJ Junior Silver Miners Covere | 23.1% | −15.3% | +6.0% | +5.0 pts | monthly |
| 7 | BAGY | Amplify Bitcoin Max Income Covered Call | 22.2% | −52.9% | −33.2% | −7.6 pts | monthly |
| 8 | XLEI | State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR P | 21.7% | +20.4% | +47.2% | −13.7 pts | monthly |
| 9 | XPAY | Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Dist | 19.9% | −6.4% | +15.0% | −0.9 pts | monthly |
| 10 | TSLP | Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Tesla (TSLA) | 19.3% | −39.5% | −22.2% | −5.7 pts | monthly |
| 11 | KLIP | KraneShares KWEB Covered Call Strategy E | 19.2% | −32.8% | −15.1% | +20.9 pts | monthly |
| 12 | IGLD | FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF | 19.1% | −23.3% | −5.7% | +0.6 pts | monthly |
| 13 | XLKI | State Street Technology Select Sector SP | 18.4% | −1.9% | +18.0% | −11.3 pts | monthly |
| 14 | TDAQ | TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily | 18.3% | −2.4% | +17.6% | −0.3 pts | monthly |
| 15 | IWMW | iShares IWM Premium Income+ ETF | 18.3% | −10.3% | +8.8% | −3.5 pts | monthly |
Where the marker sits left of the bar's end, the fund paid out more than it made.
Method
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. Every fund here distributes monthly. 137 of the 185 have a full year behind them.
The rest of the method
The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.
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