---
ticker: "BALQ"
name: "iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/BALQ"
grade: "A"
score: 72
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Nasdaq-100 Option Income"
category_rank: "6 of 31"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# BALQ: iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF

Grade **A**, Score 72 of 100. Rank 6 of 31 in Nasdaq-100 Option Income.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 87 | 3 of 31 |
| Mission | 100 | 1 of 19 |
| Risk | 36 | 23 of 30 |
| Tradability | 58 | 12 of 31 |
| Holdings | 52 | 14 of 23 |
| Durability | 52 | 15 of 31 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 114 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | NVDA | NVIDIA | 8.43% |
| 2 | AAPL | Apple | 7.42% |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft | 6.93% |
| 4 | MU | Micron Technology | 5.19% |
| 5 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 4.79% |
| 6 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 4.66% |
| 7 | META | Meta Platforms Class A | 3.40% |
| 8 | GOOGL | Alphabet Class A | 3.35% |
| 9 | GOOG | Alphabet Class C | 3.00% |
| 10 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 2.93% |
| 11 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corp | 2.80% |
| 12 | INTC | Intel Corporation | 2.69% |
| 13 | TSLA | Tesla Inc | 2.64% |
| 14 | — | Blk Csh Fnd Treasury Sl Agency | 2.52% |
| 15 | WMT | Walmart | 2.38% |
| 16 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies Class A | 2.24% |
| 17 | — | Cash Collateral Msfut USD | 2.21% |
| 18 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 2.16% |
| 19 | SPCX | Space Exploration Technologies Cor | 2.11% |
| 20 | AMAT | Applied Material Inc | 1.92% |
| 21 | LRCX | Lam Research | 1.89% |
| 22 | LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp | 0.77% |
| 23 | GS | Goldman Sachs Group | 0.73% |
| 24 | TJX | Tjx | 0.70% |
| 25 | VLO | Valero Energy Corp | 0.69% |
| 26 | ADBE | Adobe Inc | 0.66% |
| 27 | INTU | Intuit | 0.61% |
| 28 | VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 0.61% |
| 29 | LITE | Lumentum Holdings | 0.58% |
| 30 | CVX | Chevron | 0.58% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/BALQ. Please cite the page URL.