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TSPY

GradeBNASDAQ Global Select

TappAlpha SPY Growth & Daily Income ETF

Option Income · TappAlpha · Inception 2024-08-14

$25.48−0.21 (−0.84%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT

History starts Aug 15, 2024.
Intraday session: down, 70 prints from 25.70 to 25.48. Range 25.45 to 25.67. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$25.45$25.55$25.60$25.6510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.71%
Fund size
$334M
1Y return
+15.6%
Yield · Last 12 months
13.89%
Holdings
3
Volume · 30D
0.2M sh
NAV per share
$25.67
52W range
low $22.66high $26.67

The ETF.net TSPY Grade

B

57/ 100

Rank 26 of 52 in S&P 500 Option Income

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for TSPY. Scores out of 100: Cost 39, Risk 22, Mission 97, Tradability 79, Holdings 38, Durability 51. Strongest: Mission (97). Weakest: Risk (22). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 57 of 100 sits in the B 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.
    DScore 39
    Category rank32/52 · mid-pack
  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 97
    Category rank13/34 · top 38%
  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    FScore 22
    Category rank49/52 · bottom quartile
  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 79
    Category rank6/52 · top 12%
  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    DScore 38
    Category rank40/41 · bottom quartile
  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 51
    Category rank34/52 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on TSPY

ETF.net Research

BTappAlpha writes S&P 500 calls that expire the same day, harvesting premium daily instead of monthly, and distributes monthly. An actively run take on the covered-call trade that still chases capital appreciation, not just yield.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks current income and capital appreciation while obtaining exposure to the S&P 500® Index through an actively managed covered-call strategy. It sells primarily daily or 0DTE call options against its long S&P 500 exposure to generate option-premium income.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Sells primarily daily (0DTE) calls against its S&P 500 exposure, so strikes reset with the market instead of locking in a month-old view.
  2. 02The label is the strategy: US S&P 500 equity exposure with calls written on top, actively managed, no drift into other benchmarks.
  3. 03Pays monthly, and sits in the upper half of a crowded 51-fund S&P 500 options-income cohort.
  4. 04Standard 1940 Act ETF wrapper, so no K-1 and no exotic legal structure behind the options sleeve.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.77% it runs above the cohort's median fee and well above rules-based S&P 500 overwriters like IVVW (0.25%) and GPIX (0.35%).
  2. 02The fund discloses that distributions can include return of capital, which is your own money coming back and lowers your cost basis.
  3. 03Launched in 2024, so the track record is short. Writing calls every day also gives up part of the upside on sharp rally days.

TSPY Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 10:15 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
3
Top-10 weight
100%
Largest holding
VOO99.8%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF99.83%467,462$328M57
002Cash & Other0.17%544,658$545K674
003First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031<0.01%28,340$28K625

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

TSPY Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

TSPY$11,564
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. TSPY $11,564. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for TSPY. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodTSPY
Year to date+12.0%
1 month+1.6%
3 months+4.2%
1 year+15.6%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for TSPY
YearReturn barTSPY
2026 YTD+12.0%
2025+17.3%
2024+6.1%

History from Aug 15, 2024

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TSPY Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
13.89%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$3.57Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.30 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Irregular

Distribution history

2024–2026

One bar per payment. 24 payments from 2024 to 2026 YTD. Oct 3, 2024 $0.29; Nov 6, 2024 $0.28; Dec 4, 2024 $0.29; Jan 8, 2025 $0.29; Feb 5, 2025 $0.30; Mar 5, 2025 $0.29; Apr 2, 2025 $0.27; May 7, 2025 $0.28; Jun 3, 2025 $0.28; Jul 1, 2025 $0.29; Aug 5, 2025 $0.29; Sep 2, 2025 $0.29; Oct 7, 2025 $0.30; Nov 4, 2025 $0.30; Dec 2, 2025 $0.30; Jan 6, 2026 $0.30; Feb 3, 2026 $0.30; Mar 3, 2026 $0.30; Mar 31, 2026 $0.28; May 5, 2026 $0.29; Jun 2, 2026 $0.30; Jun 30, 2026 $0.30; Aug 4, 2026 $0.30; Sep 1, 2026 $0.30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 1, 2026Sep 2, 2026$0.30
Aug 4, 2026Aug 5, 2026$0.30
Jun 30, 2026Jul 1, 2026$0.30
Jun 2, 2026Jun 3, 2026$0.30
May 5, 2026May 6, 2026$0.29
Mar 31, 2026Apr 1, 2026$0.28
Mar 3, 2026Mar 4, 2026$0.30
Feb 3, 2026Feb 4, 2026$0.30
Jan 6, 2026Jan 7, 2026$0.30
Dec 2, 2025Dec 3, 2025$0.30
Nov 4, 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.30
Oct 7, 2025Oct 8, 2025$0.30

TSPY Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.7%
Annualised · 24 months to Aug 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.91
vs 3-month T-bills · 24 months to Aug 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−18.0%
25 months · trough Apr 2025
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.05
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

TSPY Cost

Expense ratio0.71%
  • The middle half of S&P 500 Option Income funds
  • Median 0.60%

29 of the 51 S&P 500 Option Income funds charge less.

TSPY costs $71.00 a year on $10,000. The median S&P 500 Option Income fund costs $60.00.