Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF
$30.37−0.17 (−0.54%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $178M
- 1Y return
- +24.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 16.66%
- Holdings
- 102
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $30.54
- 52W range
The ETF.net QYLG Grade
Score 79 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.AScore 87Category 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.BScore 66Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 48Category 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.BScore 68Category rank
Our read on QYLG
ACovered calls, but only on half the book. QYLG owns the Nasdaq-100 and sells at-the-money calls on roughly 50% of the portfolio, trading away half the index's upside for monthly option income instead of all of it.
QYLG combines exposure to Nasdaq-100 stocks with a covered-call program on approximately half of the portfolio. The strategy is intended to provide income while retaining some upside participation.
Why people hold it
- Calls cover about half the portfolio, so the unwritten half keeps full participation in Nasdaq-100 moves instead of getting capped every month.globalxetfs.com
- A 0.35% expense ratio undercuts most Nasdaq-100 option-income funds, including Global X's own full-overwrite sibling QYLD.
- Rules-based, not discretionary: it follows the Cboe Nasdaq-100 Half BuyWrite V2 Index, and its delivery of that stated mandate sits in the top quartile of its peer group.globalxetfs.com
- Distributions run monthly, a cadence the fund has kept since its 2020 launch.globalxetfs.com
Worth knowing
- Half the overwrite, roughly half the premium: by design this generates less income than a full covered-call fund like QYLD writing on the whole portfolio.globalxetfs.com
- The written half uses at-the-money calls, so that slice's gains stop at the strike in a hot month. Premium collected rises and falls with volatility.globalxetfs.com
- Assets and daily volume are modest next to the category's heavyweights, so bid-ask spreads matter more on larger orders.
QYLG Holdings
- Stocks
- 102
- 48%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology59.4%
- Communication13.0%
- Consumer Discr.10.4%
- Cons. Staples6.2%
- Industrials4.3%
- Health Care3.9%
- Utilities1.1%
- Materials1.0%
- Energy0.5%
- Financials0.2%
Geography
- United States95.54%
- United Kingdom1.61%
- Netherlands1.28%
- Canada0.91%
- Uruguay0.43%
- Ireland0.23%
QYLG 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 | QYLG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.6% |
| 1 month | +4.1% |
| 3 months | +2.8% |
| 1 year | +24.0% |
| 3 years | +22.8% |
| 5 years | +12.4% |
| 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 | QYLG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.6% | |
| 2025 | +15.3% | |
| 2024 | +22.2% | |
| 2023 | +38.7% | |
| 2022 | −26.3% | |
| 2021 | +18.3% | |
| 2020 | +15.5% |
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QYLG Dividends
- 16.66%
- $5.09
- $0.14 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Pays Sep 24, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.21 |
| May 18, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 26, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $2.78 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 | $0.28 |
QYLG Risk
- 12.4%
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.
- 1.16
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.
- −30.0%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
QYLG Cost
- The middle half of Nasdaq-100 Option Income funds
- Median 0.74%
2 of the 31 Nasdaq-100 Option Income funds charge less.