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TSPYTappAlpha SPY Growth & Daily Income ETF

Get income1y track recordRanked #775 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks current income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation and exposure to SPY performance.

By TappAlpha · Launched 2024

Annual Cost

0.71%

#3,560 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$290M

#1,968 of 5,562 · mid-size

Dividend YieldGoal

12.44%

Track Record

1 year

#3,742 of 5,562 · young

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,356+23.6%

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 = 99.5% of fundconcentrated

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
99.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.6%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
12.2%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-18.0%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 current income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation and exposure to SPY performance.
Strategy
Employs an actively managed call option strategy combined with a long position in SPY to achieve its investment objectives. The strategy aims to generate income while limiting potential investment gains.
Inception date
August 14, 2024
Fund family
TappAlpha

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