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QYLDGlobal X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

Get income12y track recordRanked #298 of 1,650 in this goal

Seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 Index.

By Global X Funds · Launched 2013

Annual Cost

0.60%

#3,228 of 5,854 · average

Fund Size

$8.4B

#317 of 5,854 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

9.44%

Track Record

12 years

#1,130 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,784+17.8%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Region

North america

Strategy

Option income

Index tracked

Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 48.3% of fundmoderately concentrated

NVIDIA CORPORATION
8.8%
APPLE INC.
7.3%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
5.5%
AMAZON.COM, INC.
5.2%
ALPHABET INC.
4.1%
ALPHABET INC.
3.8%
BROADCOM INC.
3.6%
TESLA, INC.
3.5%
META PLATFORMS, INC.
3.3%
WALMART INC.
3.2%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
11.3%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-24.8%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.68Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.99Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 Index.
Strategy
Invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities of the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 Index using a buy-write (covered call) strategy. The Fund employs a replication strategy to achieve its investment objective, concentrating in the information technology sector and semiconductors.
Inception date
December 11, 2013
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

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 2026-08-03