Global X - Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF
$43.56−0.04 (−0.10%)
- 0.64%
- $17M
- +35.3%
- 8.46%
- 0M sh
- $43.88
- low $32.61high $44.35
The ETF.net TYLG Grade
B
Score 60 out of 100
- 10 of 22
Score 60 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C43 out of 100Rank 13 of 22Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A87 out of 100Rank 8 of 13Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C48 out of 100Rank 12 of 22Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B61 out of 100Rank 8 of 22Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B63 out of 100Rank 6 of 19Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B62 out of 100Rank 10 of 22
Our read on TYLG
BA tech income fund that only half commits: it holds the S&P technology sector lineup and writes calls on half of it, so premiums land monthly while the other half stays free to ride the sector's swings.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Cboe S&P Technology Select Sector Half BuyWrite Index.
Why people hold it
- The 'half buy-write' design is the whole point: calls are written on about half the portfolio, so unlike a full-overlay income fund, the rest of the tech exposure stays uncapped.globalxetfs.com
- Income arrives on a monthly cadence, funded by option premiums rather than tech's famously thin dividends.globalxetfs.com
- The underlying is no mystery box: roughly 80 US technology names from the Technology Select Sector basket, the same lineup behind XLK, with the options overlay bolted on top.assets.globalxetfs.com
- Execution matches the label closely, and the fund sits in the upper half of its sector covered-call peer group on our review.
Worth knowing
- At 0.64% a year, it costs roughly double the 0.35% charged by the State Street Select Sector premium income funds (XLVI, XLUI) in the same cohort.
- Small fund, light trading. Spreads can be wide, so limit orders do real work here.
- The trade-off of the overlay: the covered half gives up upside above the strike, and premium income swings with market volatility rather than arriving as a fixed coupon.globalxetfs.com
TYLG Holdings
- Stocks
- 77
- 85%
- XLK
Sectors
- Financials53.7%
- Technology46.3%
- Energy0.0%
Geography
- United States99.39%
- Ireland0.45%
- Netherlands0.15%
TYLG Performance
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TYLG$13,531
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | TYLG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +29.1% |
| 1 month | +3.8% |
| 3 months | +6.1% |
| 1 year | +35.3% |
| 3 years | +25.6% |
| 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 | TYLG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +29.1% | |
| 2025 | +16.8% | |
| 2024 | +20.6% | |
| 2023 | +41.5% | |
| 2022 | −3.6% |
TYLG in the news
TYLG Dividends
- 8.46%
- $3.69
- $0.27 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
TYLG Risk
- 15.6%
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.
- 1.33
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.
- −24.0%
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.
- 1.04
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
TYLG Cost
0.64%
TYLG0.64%
- The middle half of Sector Option Income funds
- Median 0.47%
12 of the 22 Sector Option Income funds charge less.
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