GraniteShares YieldBOOST Semiconductor ETF
$12.61−0.01 (−0.11%)
- Expense ratio
- 1.07%
- Fund size
- $49M
- 1Y return
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- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $12.62
- 52W range
The ETF.net SEMY Grade
Score 34 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.CScore 46Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 64Category 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.CScore 45Category rank
Our read on SEMY
DMost income ETFs sell calls on calm blue chips. SEMY sells puts on a 3x leveraged semiconductor fund, converting one of the market's most violent corners into option premium. An income engine bolted onto a volatility furnace.
The Fund seeks to generate income through options strategies, primarily by selling put options on leveraged ETFs tracking the 3x Long ICESEMI Daily ETF. Its secondary objective is exposure to that leveraged ETF, subject to a cap on potential gains.
Why people hold it
- The mechanism is the point: writing puts on a 3x semiconductor ETF harvests premium priced off triple-leveraged swings, not the milder volatility of ordinary chip shares.graniteshares.com
- No chip stocks on the books. Exposure runs through options on a leveraged fund, so the income comes from premium collected rather than dividends passed through.graniteshares.com
- Built as a standard 1940 Act fund: shares trade intraday like any ETF and tax reporting arrives on a 1099, not a K-1.graniteshares.com
Worth knowing
- The 1.07% expense ratio runs above what most options-income peers charge. That is the sticker price on actively managed put-writing rather than a passive overlay.
- Upside is capped by design. A short put collects premium and leaves the big rally to someone else, while the pain side still references a 3x semiconductor fund.
- Launched in late 2025, so there is little history to judge it by, and the fund discloses that distributions can include return of capital (your own money handed back).
SEMY Holdings
- Other
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- 101%
- US Dollars
SEMY 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 | SEMY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +34.6% |
| 1 month | +0.7% |
| 3 months | −4.7% |
| 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 | SEMY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +34.6% | |
| 2025 | −0.1% |
SEMY in the news
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SEMY Dividends
- $0.16 per share
- Weekly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 14, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.29 |
SEMY 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.
- 0.92
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SEMY Cost
- The middle half of Index Option Income funds
- Median 0.81%
21 of the 25 Index Option Income funds charge less.