Global X - Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF
$18.52−0.03 (−0.16%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $8.5B
- 1Y return
- +23.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 11.49%
- Holdings
- 102
- Volume · 30D
- 5M sh
- NAV per share
- $18.55
- 52W range
The ETF.net QYLD Grade
Score 82 of 100 sits in the A 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.BScore 65Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 74Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 94Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 84Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 91Category rank
Our read on QYLD
ARunning since 2013, QYLD is the no-frills version of the Nasdaq-100 income trade: own the index, sell calls against it, pay out monthly. No stock picking, no manager discretion, just a rules-based buy-write index followed closely.
QYLD seeks, before fees and expenses, to generally match the price and yield performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite V2 Index. It uses a buy-write strategy that holds NASDAQ-100 stocks and sells corresponding call options.
Why people hold it
- Simple machine: holds Nasdaq-100 stocks, sells the matching calls, and tracks the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 Index closely. Nothing to second-guess.
- Income arrives monthly, and the 0.60% fee sits under the median for Nasdaq-100 options-income funds.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades very actively, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
Worth knowing
- Writing calls sells the upside. When the Nasdaq-100 runs past the strike, that gain goes to the option buyer, not the fund.
- Leaner options on the same index: QQA at 0.33%, GPIQ and JEPQ at 0.35%.
- Payouts are funded by option premium and no target rate is declared, so the monthly check varies with volatility.
QYLD Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 48%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology59.2%
- Communication12.7%
- Consumer Discr.11.1%
- Cons. Staples6.2%
- Health Care4.0%
- Industrials3.9%
- Utilities1.1%
- Materials1.0%
- Energy0.5%
- Financials0.2%
Geography
- United States95.60%
- United Kingdom1.62%
- Netherlands1.28%
- Canada0.86%
- Uruguay0.41%
- Ireland0.22%
QYLD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
QYLD$12,337
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 | QYLD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.9% |
| 1 month | +3.3% |
| 3 months | +4.4% |
| 1 year | +23.4% |
| 3 years | +16.9% |
| 5 years | +8.8% |
| 10 years | +10.0% |
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 | QYLD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.9% | |
| 2025 | +9.3% | |
| 2024 | +19.3% | |
| 2023 | +22.7% | |
| 2022 | −19.1% | |
| 2021 | +10.4% | |
| 2020 | +8.7% |
QYLD in the news
QYLD Dividends
- 11.49%
- $2.13
- $0.18 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 24, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.19 |
| May 18, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 26, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 27, 2025 | $0.17 |
QYLD Risk
- 8.2%
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.
- 1.17
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.
- −24.6%
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.
- 0.48
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
QYLD Cost
0.60%
QYLD0.60%
- The middle half of Nasdaq-100 Option Income funds
- Median 0.74%
10 of the 31 Nasdaq-100 Option Income funds charge less.