Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF
$101.26−1.09 (−1.06%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.82%
- Fund size
- $58M
- 1Y return
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- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $101.69
- 52W range
The ETF.net QVOL Grade
Score 36 of 100 sits in the D 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.FScore 13Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 22Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 70Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 89Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.FScore 23Category rank
Our read on QVOL
DMost Nasdaq option-income funds bolt a mechanical call overlay onto an index. QVOL is the discretionary version: a manager choosing which Nasdaq names to hold and which calls to write, aiming at a stated 12% to 15% annualized payout target. Young, hands-on, and priced like it.
The Fund seeks high current monthly income and, secondarily, capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed, not rules-based: it can sell calls on individual Nasdaq companies or on indexes, rather than running one fixed monthly overlay on a single index.infrastructurecapital.substack.com
- States a target annualized distribution rate of 12% to 15%, funded by call premiums plus dividends from the stocks it holds. Income first, appreciation second.infracapfunds.com
- Owns real Nasdaq-listed equities and writes options against them, so what you see in the holdings file is the actual exposure.infracapfunds.com
Worth knowing
- At 0.82% a year it costs more than the typical fund in its option-income peer group, and well more than index-overlay rivals like DYLG (0.35%) and DJIA (0.60%).
- Launched in 2026 and thinly traded, so spreads can be wider than in the category's household names and the track record is still short.
- Selling calls trades away part of a Nasdaq rally, and the manager flags that heavy turnover can mean larger capital gains distributions.infracapfunds.com
QVOL Holdings
- Stocks
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- 46%
- GOOGL
Geography
- United States94.45%
- Netherlands2.29%
- Uruguay1.21%
- Ireland0.95%
- Singapore0.90%
- United Kingdom0.20%
QVOL 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 | QVOL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | +3.2% |
| 3 months | +0.3% |
| 1 year | — |
| 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 | QVOL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.0% |
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QVOL Dividends
- $1.04 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $1.04 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $1.04 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $1.04 |
| May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $1.00 |
QVOL Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 1.95
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
QVOL Cost
- The middle half of Other Index Option Income funds
- Median 0.74%
19 of the 23 Other Index Option Income funds charge less.