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QQQINEOS NASDAQ-100(R) High Income ETF

Get income2y track recordRanked #460 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks to generate high monthly income with potential for equity appreciation.

By Neos Funds · Launched 2024

Annual Cost

0.68%

#3,411 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$12.4B

#226 of 5,562 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

0.57%

Track Record

2 years

#3,422 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,925+29.3%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Option income

Index tracked

Nasdaq-100 Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 51.6% of fundmoderately concentrated

NVIDIA Corp
9.5%
Apple Inc
8.5%
Microsoft Corp
7.6%
Amazon.com Inc
5.2%
Tesla Inc
4.0%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.9%
Alphabet Inc
3.8%
Alphabet Inc
3.6%
Broadcom Inc
3.3%
Palantir Technologies Inc
2.2%

Asset allocation

Stocks
98.7%
Cash
0.8%
Other
0.4%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
14.5%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-20.0%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable

Needs 3+ years of history

Sortino (3Y)
Not yet

Needs 3+ years of history

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to generate high monthly income with potential for equity appreciation.
Strategy
Actively managed fund investing in Nasdaq-100 stocks and employing a call options strategy. Generates income from call option premiums and dividends, with potential upside from equity appreciation.
Inception date
January 29, 2024
Fund family
Neos 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 2026-06-19