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QCLRGlobal X NASDAQ 100 Collar 95-110 ETF

Get income4y track recordRanked #1,106 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks to track the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index's price and yield performance.

By Global X Funds · Launched 2021

Annual Cost

0.25%

#1,230 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$4M

#5,150 of 5,562 · small

Dividend YieldGoal

0.40%

Track Record

4 years

#2,451 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,049+10.5%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Region

North america

Strategy

Option income

Index tracked

Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 53.7% of fundmoderately concentrated

NVIDIA CORPORATION
10.3%
APPLE INC.
8.4%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
8.1%
BROADCOM INC.
6.0%
AMAZON.COM, INC.
5.4%
TESLA, INC.
3.5%
ALPHABET INC.
3.4%
ALPHABET INC.
3.2%
META PLATFORMS, INC.
2.9%
NETFLIX, INC.
2.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
9.6%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-21.8%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.84Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.21Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to track the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index's price and yield performance.
Strategy
Invests primarily in securities of the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index, employing a collar strategy with long put options and short call options. This strategy aims to generate income while providing downside protection against significant declines in the NASDAQ 100 Index.
Inception date
August 25, 2021
Fund family
Global X Funds

Our take

Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.

Covered call
Warning

Covered call ETF — yield ≠ total return

The high distribution yield is not free income — it comes from selling upside via call options. Research finds these strategies systematically underperform their underlying index over full cycles, typically by 100–300 basis points per year depending on the option-overlay design. The monthly distributions make the shortfall hard to see in return summaries.

Source: Israelov & Ndong, 'A Devil's Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines Investment Returns' (NDVR, 2023)

Why we flagged this: strategy=option_income + option_income_strategy

Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More

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Data updated on 2026-06-20