Ranked by cash paid minus price change, one year, as of . Rebuilt every trading night.
The income ETFs that paid the most while their price fell furthest
A falling price is not automatically a loss: the total return column counts the cash. This list shows where the two diverge most.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Cash paid | Price change | Total return | vs benchmark | Return of capital, latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COYY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST COIN ETF | 49.8% | −86.5% | −56.3% | −16.5 pts | 96% |
| 2 | TSYY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST TSLA ETF | 65.8% | −69.7% | −15.5% | −20.1 pts | 95% |
| 3 | WNTR | YieldMax(R) MSTR Short Option Income Strategy ETF | 85.1% | −47.5% | +29.5% | +85.9 pts | 96% |
| 4 | MARO | YieldMax(R) MARA Option Income Strategy ETF | 48.6% | −76.7% | −39.6% | −14.5 pts | 36% |
| 5 | ICOI | Bitwise COIN Option Income Strategy ETF | 42.6% | −79.0% | −52.3% | +9.0 pts | not published |
| 6 | IMST | Bitwise MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF | 31.6% | −84.9% | −70.2% | +6.6 pts | not published |
| 7 | XBTY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF | 41.4% | −74.1% | −41.4% | −13.9 pts | 92% |
| 8 | MSTY | YieldMax(R) MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF | 35.0% | −79.0% | −50.8% | +5.7 pts | 99% |
| 9 | FIAT | YieldMax(R) Short COIN Option Income Strategy ETF | 64.0% | −48.7% | +15.6% | +55.4 pts | 97% |
| 10 | SMCY | YieldMax(R) SMCI Option Income Strategy ETF | 50.0% | −62.4% | −11.8% | −9.0 pts | 18% |
| 11 | RBLY | YieldMax(R) RBLX Option Income Strategy ETF | 30.8% | −81.5% | −64.2% | +2.4 pts | 59% |
| 12 | ETCO | Grayscale Ethereum Covered Call ETF | 37.6% | −74.3% | −45.6% | −3.0 pts | not published |
| 13 | CONY | YieldMax(R) COIN Option Income Strategy ETF | 40.7% | −70.2% | −36.5% | +3.3 pts | 97% |
| 14 | NVYY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST Natural Gas ETF | 57.5% | −53.3% | +5.7% | +25.1 pts | 95% |
| 15 | AIYY | YieldMax(R) AI Option Income Strategy ETF | 40.0% | −69.2% | −38.6% | −6.3 pts | 96% |
Method
Both figures come from exchange prices and the fund's own distributions over the same days. 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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