QLDYDefiance NASDAQ 100 Lightningspread Income ETF
Seeks current income and capital appreciation.
By Defiance ETFs LLC · Launched 2025
1.04%
#5,305 of 5,861 · expensive
$49M
#3,665 of 5,861 · mid-size
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11 months
#4,652 of 5,861 · young
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDTotal-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 6 holdings = 97.7% of fundconcentrated
Asset allocation
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsWorst peak-to-trough loss
Needs 3+ years of history
Needs 3+ years of history
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks current income and capital appreciation.
- Strategy
- Actively managed ETF employing a LightningSpread™ strategy to generate daily income and provide long exposure to the Nasdaq 100 index. Utilizes put and call options, short-term U.S. Treasury securities, and money market funds to enhance income.
- Inception date
- September 17, 2025
- Fund family
- Defiance ETFs LLC
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Same asset class, closest by strategy & exposureOur take
Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.
The big yield isn't extra money
The headline distribution comes from selling call options, which caps the fund's upside. Across a full market cycle that trade costs more than it brings in — often 1 to 3 percentage points a year against just holding the index. Monthly payouts make the gap easy to miss on a return summary.
Sources: Israelov & Ndong, 'A Devil's Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines Investment Returns' (NDVR, 2023)
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 2026-08-04