KQQQ vs TRUT

KQQQDKurv Technology Titans Select ETF

TRUTAVanEck Technology TruSector ETF

In short

KQQQ The Nasdaq-100's tech, with the non-tech names stripped out: about 40 large technology companies, actively managed, with an options overlay that pays monthly. Fee is 0.99% net of a waiver through September 30, 2027.

TRUT Diversification rules force most tech ETFs to trim their biggest names. TRUT's answer: own the giants directly up to the legal line, then top up with sector ETFs so the portfolio mirrors the sector's real shape.

Stated mandate

KQQQ The Fund seeks maximum total return through active management of high-conviction technology exposure while also pursuing potentially tax-efficient income.

TRUT The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through active investment in securities of information technology-related companies or instruments providing exposure to them.

Why people hold it

• KQQQ The purity pitch: it drops the non-technology constituents sitting inside benchmarks like the Nasdaq-100 and concentrates on roughly 40 large tech and growth names instead.businesswire.com
• The options layer is discretionary, not blanket. Calls get written selectively on names management sees as having limited upside, trading away gains there for premium income.businesswire.comsec.gov
• Wide toolkit by design: the prospectus permits shares, options tied to individual tech companies above $10 billion in market cap, and shares of other tech ETFs.sec.gov
• Pays monthly, and the fund discloses that distributions can include return of capital, so you can see what the income is actually made of.

• TRUT The mechanism is the point. Fund rules cap one stock at 25% and stocks above 5% at 50% combined; TRUT fills the gap with targeted sector ETFs instead of overweighting smaller names.vaneck.comvaneck.com 2
• 0.14% a year for an actively managed fund, against a median near 0.65% across active US equity peers. Cheap enough to sit alongside index products.
• One of the two originals in VanEck's TruSector line, launched in 2025. The approach has since been extended across all 11 GICS sectors.vaneck.comvaneck.com 2
• About 80 positions, quarterly distributions, and steady day-to-day trading. On cost and tradability it lands in the upper tier of its active US equity cohort.

Worth knowing

• KQQQ At 0.99% net (1.01% gross, net of a waiver through September 30, 2027) it sits above the category median across 35 funds. VanEck's TRUT covers the sector for 0.14%.
• The income is not a fixed rate. There is no declared target yield, payouts lean on option premiums, and part of a monthly check can be return of capital.kurvinvest.com
• Launched in 2024, concentrated in one sector, and thinly traded as a smaller fund, so the live record is short and bid-ask spreads can run wider than in giant sector funds.

• TRUT Part of the exposure arrives through other ETFs rather than shares the fund holds outright. That is the workaround that makes uncapped weights possible, and it adds a layer.vaneck.com
• Uncapped means concentrated. Leaning fully into tech's largest companies ties results to a handful of mega-caps more tightly than a capped sector fund would.vaneck.com
• Launched August 2025, so there is only a short record of how closely the hybrid build actually shadows an uncapped tech benchmark.

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