Ranked by net assets, as of . Rebuilt every trading night.
The largest option income ETFs
Cash paid and total return are different questions. A fund can lead the first column and trail the last one, and several here do.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Net assets | Cash paid, 1Y | Total return, 1Y | Against its benchmark | Pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAIE | Calamos Autocallable Income ETF | $872m | 14.2% | +13.5% | −4.0 pts | monthly |
| 2 | SIXH | ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Optio | $543m | 2.0% | +16.3% | −1.2 pts | monthly |
| 3 | IGLD | FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF | $515m | 21.7% | +13.1% | −6.1 pts | monthly |
| 4 | BUCK | Simplify Treasury Option Income ETF | $471m | 6.9% | +4.6% | +10.9 pts | monthly |
| 5 | IDUB | Aptus International Enhanced Yield ETF | $468m | 5.3% | +25.1% | +6.9 pts | quarterly |
| 6 | NBOS | Neuberger Option Strategy ETF | $449m | 8.5% | +15.7% | −1.8 pts | monthly |
| 7 | DUBS | Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF | $353m | 2.3% | +21.5% | +4.0 pts | quarterly |
| 8 | TSPY | TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income | $311m | 14.2% | +15.9% | −1.6 pts | monthly |
| 9 | LQTI | FT Vest Investment Grade & Target Income | $276m | 8.5% | −2.1% | +0.6 pts | monthly |
| 10 | BLOX | Nicholas Crypto Income ETF | $268m | 28.3% | −11.4% | −27.8 pts | weekly |
| 11 | TDAQ | TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily | $248m | 16.2% | +23.9% | +0.9 pts | monthly |
| 12 | MDST | Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Inco | $247m | 10.0% | +20.4% | −30.2 pts | monthly |
| 13 | JUCY | Aptus Enhanced Yield ETF | $234m | 8.0% | +5.9% | −11.6 pts | monthly |
| 14 | QQQY | Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution | $190m | 31.0% | +21.7% | −1.3 pts | weekly |
| 15 | CAIQ | Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF | $167m | too new | too new | too new | monthly |
Method
These sell options for income without tracking one index. ETFIQ measures 117 of them, of which 98 publish net assets. Across the funds listed here the cash paid over the last year runs from 2.0% to 31.0%. Size is not a measure of anything a fund did. It is where the money is. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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