# The highest yielding ETFs that pay monthly

> The highest yielding ETFs that pay monthly, ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year, as of Oct 20, 2026.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Oct 20, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.

## 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.

| # | 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 |

### 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 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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