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SDTYYieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF

Get income1y track recordRanked #1,451 of 1,650 in this goal

Seeks current income and capital appreciation.

By YieldMax ETFs · Launched 2025

Annual Cost

1.08%

#5,405 of 5,854 · expensive

Fund Size

$38M

#3,923 of 5,854 · small

Dividend YieldGoal

11.41%

Track Record

1 year

#4,057 of 5,854 · young

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,773+17.7%

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

What's inside

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 = 14.3% of fundwell diversified

First American Government Obligs XFGXXX
14.3%

Asset allocation

Stocks
161.9%
Bonds
1.8%
Other
0.4%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
12.0%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

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

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