Global X S&P 500® Covered Call ETF
XYLD NYSE Arca
The Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (XYLD) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index. XYLD seeks to generate income through covered call writing, which historically produces higher...
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- Fund size
- 147M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.65% per year
- Dividend yield
- 10.31% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 6.9% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.61 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 35.4141.95
How XYLD has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, XYLD returned +30.6% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +12.2 pts to the price move.
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 ±7% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −5.3% on Mar 27, 2026 — 30 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 1% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.61 means XYLD 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 average41.77 +0.4%
- 26-day average41.57 +0.9%
- 50-day average41.23 +1.7%
- 200-day average39.36 +6.6%
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)
NeutralRSI 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 S&P 500® BuyWrite Index.
- Assets under management147MUSD
- Expense ratio0.65%per year
- Holdings508
- Risk score5.9Medium
Launched June 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 103 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 4.32
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Sep 21, 2026
Last 12 months
3.98 USD / shareWhere XYLD shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold XYLD. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About Global X S&P 500® Covered Call ETF
The Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (XYLD) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index. XYLD 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
- 508 holdings
- Ticker
- XYLD
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US37954Y4750
- CUSIP
- 37954Y475
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Smart Betas
- Industry
- Covered Calls
- Benchmark
- CBOE S&P 500® BuyWrite 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.