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YGLD

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

Simplify Gold Strategy PLUS Income ETF

Option Income · Simplify · Inception 2024-12-02 · SEC filings

$33.21−0.80 (−2.36%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:06 PM EDT

History starts Dec 3, 2024.
Intraday session: down, 25 prints from 34.01 to 33.21. Range 32.64 to 34.01. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$32.50$33.00$33.50$34.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.53%
Fund size
$37M
1Y return
+3.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
24.58%
Holdings
41
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$33.67
52W range
low $30.55high $59.22

The ETF.net YGLD Grade

B

55/ 100

Rank 5 of 12 in Gold & Metals Option Income⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for YGLD. Scores out of 100: Cost 96, Risk 29, Mission 41, Tradability 25, Holdings not scored, Durability 55. Strongest: Cost (96). Weakest: Tradability (25). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 55 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.
    AScore 96
    Category rank1/12 · top 8%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    CScore 41
    Category rank4/6 · mid-pack

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    DScore 29
    Category rank11/11 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    DScore 25
    Category rank11/12 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    Not scored
    —

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 55
    Category rank5/12 · top 42%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on YGLD

ETF.net Research

BMost gold-income funds fund their payout by selling away gold's upside. YGLD flips it: roughly 150% gold exposure through futures, with income generated from option spreads written on entirely different markets. Two engines, not one.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks income and capital appreciation through an actively managed gold futures strategy and an income-generating options strategy.

Why people hold it

  1. 01At 0.53% a year it is the cheapest fund in its gold-income peer group, undercutting IAUI (0.79%) and IGLD (0.85%) and landing near half the cohort's median fee.
  2. 02The income overlay writes short-term option spreads on equity, fixed income and commodity indexes and ETFs, not on gold, so the gold leg's upside is not sold off to pay for yield.simplify.ussimplify.us
  3. 03Gold exposure resets to its target quarterly rather than daily, a schedule Simplify designed to reduce the volatility drag that builds up in daily-rebalanced leveraged funds.simplify.ussimplify.us

Worth knowing

  1. 01Leverage cuts both ways: aiming for about 150% gold exposure means gold's drawdowns land roughly half again as hard.simplify.ussimplify.us
  2. 02A small, thinly traded fund, so bid-ask spreads and execution costs matter more here than with mainstream gold ETFs.
  3. 03Launched in December 2024, so the live record is short, and distributions have arrived on an irregular schedule rather than a set monthly one.

YGLD Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 5:08 AM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
41
Top-10 weight
100%
Largest holding
GOLD 100 OZ FUTR OCT2652.5%

Sectors

Geography

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—GOLD 100 OZ FUTR OCT2652.45%94$41M3
002SBILSIMPLIFY E GOVT MONEY MKT ETF23.10%180,311$18M14
003—B 10/20/26 Govt5.10%4,000,000$4M19
004—B 10/27/26 Govt5.09%4,000,000$4M20
005—B 11/19/26 Govt5.08%4,000,000$4M19
006—B 11/24/26 Govt3.17%2,500,000$2M12
007—B 11/5/26 Govt1.91%1,500,000$1M21
008—B 1/28/27 Govt1.51%1,200,000$1M31
009—Cash1.49%1,169,499$1M104
010—B 12/08/26 Govt0.63%500,000$496K11
011—GLD US 09/18/26 C390 Equity0.25%222$193K1
012—GLD US 09/30/26 C395 Equity0.20%184$155K1
013—GLD US 11/20/26 C450 Equity0.18%408$141K1
014—GLD US 09/18/26 C386 Equity0.15%93$117K1
015—GLD US 10/23/26 C419 Equity0.15%236$116K1

Showing 1–15 of 19 holdings

YGLD Performance

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

YGLD$10,326
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. YGLD $10,326. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,634$12,707$16,780Sep 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 YGLD. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodYGLD
Year to date−11.8%
1 month−13.4%
3 months+3.4%
1 year+3.3%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per 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 YGLD
YearReturn barYGLD
2026 YTD−11.8%
2025+100.4%
2024−4.2%

History from Dec 3, 2024

YGLD in the news

YGLD 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.
24.58%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$8.36Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.35 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2025–2026

One bar per payment. 13 payments from 2025 to 2026 YTD. Mar 26, 2025 $0.15; Jun 25, 2025 $0.50; Sep 25, 2025 $1.00; Nov 21, 2025 $2.00; Dec 23, 2025 $2.25; Jan 27, 2026 $0.50; Feb 24, 2026 $0.50; Mar 26, 2026 $0.40; Apr 27, 2026 $0.40; May 26, 2026 $0.40; Jun 25, 2026 $0.28; Jul 28, 2026 $0.28; Aug 26, 2026 $0.35. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Aug 26, 2026Aug 31, 2026$0.35
Jul 28, 2026Jul 31, 2026$0.28
Jun 25, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.28
May 26, 2026May 29, 2026$0.40
Apr 27, 2026Apr 30, 2026$0.40
Mar 26, 2026Mar 31, 2026$0.40
Feb 24, 2026Feb 27, 2026$0.50
Jan 27, 2026Jan 30, 2026$0.50
Dec 23, 2025Dec 31, 2025$2.25
Nov 21, 2025Nov 28, 2025$2.00
Sep 25, 2025Sep 30, 2025$1.00
Jun 25, 2025Jun 30, 2025$0.50

YGLD Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
36.5%
Annualised · 20 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.
1.11
vs 3-month T-bills · 20 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.
−43.3%
21 months · trough Jul 2026
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.
0.37
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.

YGLD Cost

Expense ratio0.53%
  • The middle half of Gold & Metals Option Income funds
  • Median 0.93%

No Gold & Metals Option Income fund charges less.

YGLD costs $53.00 a year on $10,000. The median Gold & Metals Option Income fund costs $92.50.