# Every income ETF measured against IWM

> FTKI leads every income ETF measured against IWM at +5.1 pts (ahead or behind, one year), as of Oct 27, 2026. 9 funds from ETFIQ’s own published data.

Data as of Oct 27, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Oct 27, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.

## Every income ETF measured against IWM

FTKI leads every income ETF measured against IWM at +5.1 pts (ahead or behind, one year), as of Oct 27, 2026. 9 funds ranked by total return minus what IWM returned, in points, one year. 9 funds are measured against Russell 2000 (IWM). Ahead means a holder ended with more than holding IWM would have given them, cash included, over the same days.

| # | Ticker | Fund | Ahead or behind | Total return | IWM returned | Cash paid | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | FTKI | First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF | +5.1 pts | +18.2% | +13.1% | 12.4% | 0.86% |
| 2 | ITWO | ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF | +2.4 pts | +15.5% | +13.1% | 8.0% | 0.55% |
| 3 | IWMI | NEOS Russell 2000 High Income ETF | +1.2 pts | +14.3% | +13.1% | 14.7% | 0.68% |
| 4 | RDTE | Roundhill Russell 2000 0DTE Covered Call Str | −0.1 pts | +13.0% | +13.1% | 33.3% | 0.97% |
| 5 | RDTY | YieldMax R2000 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ET | −0.3 pts | +12.8% | +13.1% | 33.7% | 1.73% |
| 6 | RYLG | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth | −1.0 pts | +12.1% | +13.1% | 10.5% | 0.35% |
| 7 | RYLD | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | −1.6 pts | +11.5% | +13.1% | 12.0% | 0.60% |
| 8 | IWMW | iShares IWM Premium Income+ ETF | −4.0 pts | +9.1% | +13.1% | 18.1% | 0.39% |
| 9 | IWMY | Defiance R2000 Weekly Distribution ETF | −8.7 pts | +4.4% | +13.1% | 28.1% | 1.05% |

### Method

Every fund here is measured against IWM, so they can be compared with each other on the one thing that separates them: what a holder finished with against simply holding IWM. Cash paid is not that. A fund can lead this category on cash and sit at the bottom of this table, which is the whole reason the measure exists. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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