YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF
$7.63+0.04 (+0.46%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.99%
- Fund size
- $45M
- 1Y return
- −44.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 133.99%
- Holdings
- 6
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $7.54
- 52W range
The ETF.net AIYY Grade
Score 58 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 83Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 64Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 13Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 44Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.Not scoredDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 65Category rank
Our read on AIYY
BAIYY writes call spreads on C3.ai, turning one of the AI trade's jumpiest names into option premium. Because it uses spreads rather than plain short calls, it keeps a slice of the upside.
AIYY is actively managed to seek weekly income by selling call spreads on C3.ai Inc. (AI), while retaining participation in potential appreciation of the underlying shares.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.99% a year, below the median for single-stock option-income funds.
- Sells call spreads instead of writing calls outright, so the fund keeps some participation in C3.ai's appreciation rather than trading all of it away.yieldmaxetfs.com
- Actively managed with income as the stated goal, and it distributes on a recurring schedule rather than reinvesting premium.
- Sits among the stronger builds in a crowded field of single-stock overlay funds, where cost and execution vary widely.
Worth knowing
- Exposure is synthetic and tied to one small, volatile AI name. You get the stock's drawdowns without owning the shares.
- Payouts are funded by option premium, which swells and shrinks with C3.ai's volatility. No fixed target rate is declared.
- A small fund with moderate trading volume, so spreads can run wider than on peers linked to mega-caps like TSMY or BRKC.
AIYY Holdings
- Other
- 6
- 111%
- United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027
Geography
AIYY Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | AIYY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −28.9% |
| 1 month | +3.8% |
| 3 months | +3.3% |
| 1 year | −44.9% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | AIYY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −28.9% | |
| 2025 | −58.6% | |
| 2024 | −14.5% | |
| 2023 | −1.6% |
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AIYY Dividends
- 133.99%
- $10.17
- $0.11 per share
- Weekly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.10 |
AIYY Risk
- 41.4%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −1.09
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −79.9%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.54
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AIYY Cost
- The middle half of Single-Stock Option Income funds
- Median 1.07%
5 of the 71 Single-Stock Option Income funds charge less.