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Rebuilt every trading night.\n Every income ETF measured against QQQ\n QYLD leads every income ETF measured against QQQ at +3.5 pts (ahead or behind, one year), as of Oct 27, 2026. 14 funds ranked by total return minus what QQQ returned, in points, one year. 14 funds are measured against Nasdaq-100 (QQQ). Ahead means a holder ended with more than holding QQQ would have given them, cash included, over the same days.\n Every income ETF measured against QQQ, ranked by total return minus what QQQ returned, in points, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Ahead or behind Total return QQQ returned Cash paid Fee \n 1 QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF +3.5 pts +18.9% +15.4% 12.3% 0.60% \n 2 FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF +2.8 pts +18.2% +15.4% 11.9% 0.75% \n 3 QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF +2.3 pts +17.7% +15.4% 29.6% 1.01% \n 4 QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ET +1.9 pts +17.3% +15.4% 16.6% 0.35% \n 5 QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strat +1.0 pts +16.4% +15.4% 34.4% 0.96% \n 6 GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF +0.7 pts +16.1% +15.4% 10.7% 0.29% \n 7 TDAQ TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Inco \u22120.2 pts +15.2% +15.4% 16.6% 0.68% \n 8 JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF \u22121.6 pts +13.8% +15.4% 11.7% 0.35% \n 9 QDTY YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strate \u22122.3 pts +13.1% +15.4% 30.0% 1.17% \n 10 QLDY Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income E \u22123.0 pts +12.4% +15.4% 34.4% 1.04% \n 11 QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF \u22123.7 pts +11.7% +15.4% 13.8% 0.68% \n 12 IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF \u22125.6 pts +9.8% +15.4% 6.5% 0.55% \n 13 QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF \u221210.2 pts +5.2% +15.4% 11.6% 0.60% \n 14 TQQY GraniteShares YieldBOOST QQQ ETF \u221220.0 pts \u22124.6% +15.4% 31.9% 1.15% \n \n Method\n Every fund here is measured against QQQ, so they can be compared with each other on the one thing that separates them: what a holder finished with against simply holding QQQ. 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.\n Where to next\n QQQ, the fund itself Every income ETF The highest yielding income ETFs The income ETFs furthest ahead of their benchmark Sources\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 Links are sources, not endorsements.\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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