Global X Nasdaq100® Covered Call ETF
QYLD NASDAQ
For those seeking to retain equity exposure while lessening downside risk, we believe now could be the time to consider covered call strategies. Historically, covered call writing produces higher yields in periods of volatility The Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF follows a “covered call” or “b...
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- Fund size
- 962M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.60% per year
- Dividend yield
- 11.41% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 11.1% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.78 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 15.1718.69
How QYLD has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, QYLD returned +37.0% with dividends reinvested — −16.7 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±11% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −5.8% on Jul 29, 2026 — 19 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, QYLD delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.78 means QYLD has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average18.61 +0.4%
- 26-day average18.45 +1.2%
- 50-day average18.22 +2.5%
- 200-day average17.21 +8.5%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Smart Betas · Covered Calls — tracking the CBOE NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite Index.
- Assets under management962MUSD
- Expense ratio0.60%per year
- Holdings106
- Risk score4.5Medium
Launched December 2013. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 114 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.13
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Sep 21, 2026
Last 12 months
1.95 USD / shareWhere QYLD shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold QYLD. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
Filings & reports
Regulatory filings, reports and announcements, newest first.
| Investing during volatile periods | Dec 24, 2018 | |
| QYLD covered calls explained | Dec 24, 2018 |
About Global X Nasdaq100® Covered Call ETF
For those seeking to retain equity exposure while lessening downside risk, we believe now could be the time to consider covered call strategies. Historically, covered call writing produces higher yields in periods of volatility The Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF follows a “covered call” or “buy-write” strategy, in which the Fund buys the stocks in the Nasdaq 100 Index and “writes” or “sells” corresponding call options on the same index. QYLD seeks to generate income through covered call writing, which historically produces higher yields in periods of volatility (Covered call writing can limit the upside potential of the underlying security)
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 106 holdings
- 9 documents on file
- Ticker
- QYLD
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US37954Y4834
- CUSIP
- 37954Y483
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Smart Betas
- Industry
- Covered Calls
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.