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SDTYYieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF

Get income1y track recordRanked #1,473 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks current income and capital appreciation.

By YieldMax ETFs · Launched 2025

Annual Cost

1.08%

#5,158 of 5,562 · expensive

Fund Size

$29M

#4,095 of 5,562 · small

Dividend YieldGoal

24.09%

Track Record

1 year

#4,151 of 5,562 · young

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,396+24.0%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Option income

Index tracked

S&P 500 Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 1 holdings = 10.6% of fundwell diversified

First American Government Obligs XFGXXX
10.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks
159.6%
Other
3.6%
Bonds
2.4%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
11.6%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-18.6%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 current income and capital appreciation.
Strategy
Employs a synthetic covered call strategy to generate weekly cash distributions from options premiums while providing exposure to the S&P 500 Index. Utilizes call options referencing the Index or ETFs tracking the Index.
Inception date
February 5, 2025
Fund family
YieldMax ETFs

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