Global X NASDAQ-100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD US)
QYLD US$18.45
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Performance
Share price activity
- Last (Price)
- 18.45
- Change
- ▲ 0.08 (0.44)
- Bid / Ask
- 18.41 - 18.47
- Volume
- 417,507
- Turnover
- 7,431,517
- Open
- 18.40
- Day Range
- 18.37 - 18.45
- VWAP
- 18.41
- Prev Close
- 18.37
- Last Trade
- 28/10 4:00pm
Fund profile
Fund size
$8.29B
OCT 2026
Distributions
Monthly
Since inception
12.9 yrs
DEC 2013
- Legal name
- Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF
- Issuer
- Global X Funds
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Index fund
- Morningstar category
- Derivative Income
- Category index
- CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite BXM TR USD
- Benchmark
- S&P 500 (TR) (1970)
- ETF net assets
- $8.29B
- Units on issue
- 458.6M
- Management fee
- 0.60% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 11 DEC 2013
- Listed
- 12 DEC 2013
- Index provider
- Standard and Poors
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, generally to the price and yield performance of the CBOE NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite V2 Index (the "underlying index"). The fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index. The CBOE NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite Index is a benchmark index that measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks included in the NASDAQ-100® Index, and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money NASDAQ-100® Index covered call options. It is non-diversified.
Asset allocation
US equity 98.74%Non-US equity 1.10%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 99.84 | 101.55 | 1.71 |
| Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cash | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.00 |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sector exposure
Cyclical 12.17%Sensitive 75.54%Defensive 12.30%
- Basic Materials
- 1.04%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 10.91%
- Financial Services
- 0.22%
- Real Estate
- 0.00%
- Communication Services
- 11.99%
- Energy
- 0.47%
- Industrials
- 5.37%
- Technology
- 57.70%
- Consumer Defensive
- 6.63%
- Healthcare
- 4.54%
- Utilities
- 1.13%
Region exposure
Developed markets 99.37%Emerging markets 0.64%
- North America
- 98.34%
- Latin America
- 0.41%
- United Kingdom
- 0.22%
- Europe Developed
- 0.81%
- Europe Emerging
- 0.00%
- Africa / Middle East
- 0.00%
- Japan
- 0.00%
- Australasia
- 0.00%
- Asia Developed
- 0.00%
- Asia Emerging
- 0.23%
Country exposure
- United States
- 97.23%
- Canada
- 1.10%
- Netherlands
- 0.81%
- Brazil
- 0.41%
- China
- 0.23%
- United Kingdom
- 0.22%
Style box
- Style
- Large Growth
- Average moat
- Wide
Size score
299
Value-growth score
219
Economic moat
Wide 67%Narrow 24%None 9%
Market capitalisation
- Giant
- 54.37%
- Large
- 32.06%
- Mid
- 13.58%
- Small
- 0.00%
- Micro
- 0.00%
Giant 54%Large 32%Mid 14%
- Average market cap
- $780.38B
- Number of holdings
- 102
- Shares held
- 101
Portfolio statistics · 22 OCT 2026
- Price / earnings
- 28.29
- Price / book
- 8.76
- Price / sales
- 6.05
- Price / cash flow
- 22.39
- Dividend yield
- 0.57%
- Assets in top 10
- 47.51%
- Return on equity
- 37.75%
- Net margin
- 26.84%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- 20.50%
Top holdings · top 10 = 41.79% of assets
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp NVDA | 8.69 | APR 2015 | 737.1M | USD | 3.2M | Technology | United States | |
| Apple Inc AAPL | 7.67 | APR 2015 | 650.9M | USD | 2.0M | Technology | United States | |
| Microsoft Corp MSFT | 6.01 | APR 2015 | 510.0M | USD | 994,403 | Technology | United States | |
| Micron Technology Inc MU | 5.24 | APR 2015 | 444.7M | USD | 417,536 | Technology | United States | |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD | 4.35 | MAY 2019 | 369.2M | USD | 603,475 | Technology | United States | |
| Amazon.com Inc AMZN | 4.24 | APR 2015 | 359.9M | USD | 1.4M | Consumer Cyclical | United States | |
| Ndx Us 10/16/26 C29475 | -3.99 | — | -338.3M | — | 2,880 | — | United States | |
| Meta Platforms Inc Class A META | 3.40 | APR 2015 | 288.7M | USD | 398,110 | Communication Services | United States | |
| Alphabet Inc Class A GOOGL | 3.19 | APR 2015 | 270.8M | USD | 787,082 | Communication Services | United States | |
| Alphabet Inc Class C GOOG | 2.96 | APR 2015 | 251.2M | USD | 737,342 | Communication Services | United States |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
2.4
3M
3.7
6M
14.9
YTD
14.9
1Y
23.2
3Y
17.6
5Y
9.8
10Y
10.3
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 2.45 | 2.44 | 2.50 | 25 / 330 |
| 3 months | 3.67 | 3.67 | 3.83 | 26 / 301 |
| 6 months | 14.89 | 14.82 | 15.23 | 34 / 274 |
| Year to date | 14.86 | 14.86 | 15.38 | 20 / 259 |
| 1 year | 23.17 | 23.17 | 23.91 | 12 / 232 |
| 3 years p.a. | 17.56 | 17.58 | 18.27 | 33 / 100 |
| 5 years p.a. | 9.76 | 9.71 | 10.43 | 33 / 69 |
| 10 years p.a. | 10.25 | 10.23 | 10.93 | 12 / 40 |
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Total Capital
2016
5.0
2017
19.3
2018
-3.0
2019
23.0
2020
8.8
2021
10.3
2022
-19.0
2023
22.8
2024
19.1
2025
11.5
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.50 | 0.56 | 52 / 174 |
| 2024 | 19.13 | 7.39 | 37 / 127 |
| 2023 | 22.82 | 9.26 | 16 / 92 |
| 2022 | -19.01 | -29.40 | 91 / 85 |
| 2021 | 10.34 | -0.47 | 96 / 69 |
| 2020 | 8.76 | -2.63 | 30 / 49 |
| 2019 | 22.99 | 11.54 | 15 / 46 |
| 2018 | -3.04 | -14.42 | 12 / 36 |
| 2017 | 19.30 | 11.03 | 7 / 29 |
| 2016 | 4.98 | -4.21 | 81 / 23 |
| 2015 | 7.11 | -2.55 | 1 / 19 |
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 12.36 | 4.21 | -0.20 | -0.49 |
| Beta | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.65 |
| R-squared | 48.01 | 54.42 | 68.37 | 75.10 |
| Standard deviation | 8.45 | 7.75 | 11.64 | 11.52 |
| Sharpe ratio | 2.08 | 1.55 | 0.53 | 0.69 |
| Sortino ratio | 4.75 | 2.55 | 0.76 | 0.99 |
| Tracking error | 9.53 | 8.48 | 8.85 | 7.87 |
| Information ratio | 0.78 | -0.63 | -0.46 | -0.65 |
| Upside capture % | 91.29 | 64.29 | 65.99 | 66.70 |
| Downside capture % | -12.02 | 30.30 | 62.26 | 66.23 |
| Maximum drawdown % | -1.54 | -8.09 | -22.45 | -22.45 |
Measured against S&P 500 (TR) (1970) with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Risk score
43.3
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Tracking volatility
- 0.208
- Est. holding cost %
- 0.510
- Market impact cost %
- 0.002
- Best quarter
- 14.04% · JAN 2021
- Worst quarter
- -16.31% · MAR 2020
Fees and costs
- Management fees and costs
- 0.60% p.a.
- Performance fee costs
- 0.00% p.a.
- Transaction costs
- 0.00% p.a.
- Buy / sell spread
- 0.07% / 0.07%
- PDS dated
- 1 MAR 2026
Distributions
- Latest distribution
- 0.1826
- Ex Date
- 19 OCT 2026
- Record Date
- 19 OCT 2026
- Pay Date
- 22 OCT 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 18.28
- Paid this year
- 0.7171
Distributions by year
2024
1.9
2023
1.9
2022
2.0
2021
2.2
2020
2.4
2019
2.5
2018
2.3
2017
2.7
2016
1.8
2015
2.0
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8530 |
| 2023 | 1.9386 |
| 2022 | 2.0425 |
| 2021 | 2.1878 |
| 2020 | 2.3512 |
| 2019 | 2.5449 |
| 2018 | 2.3227 |
| 2017 | 2.6503 |
| 2016 | 1.7746 |
| 2015 | 2.0439 |
Distribution history
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 19 OCT 2026 | 0.1826 |
| 21 SEP 2026 | 0.0022 |
| 24 AUG 2026 | 0.0005 |
| 22 JUN 2026 | 0.0047 |
| 18 MAY 2026 | 0.1785 |
| 23 MAR 2026 | 0.1715 |
| 23 FEB 2026 | 0.1771 |
| 22 DEC 2025 | 0.1779 |
| 24 NOV 2025 | 0.1728 |
| 20 OCT 2025 | 0.1731 |
| 22 SEP 2025 | 0.1704 |
| 18 AUG 2025 | 0.1677 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
High
ESG risk score
17.24
Category average 20.47
- Rank in category
- 8th percentile of 2,058 funds
- Environmental risk
- 4.97
- Social risk
- 7.79
- Governance risk
- 4.31
- Portfolio covered
- 99.4%
ESG risk of holdings
- Negligible
- 0.86%
- Low
- 79.22%
- Medium
- 18.00%
- High
- 0.54%
- Severe
- 1.38%
8.84% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Carbon risk score
3.58
Category average 8.12
- Carbon risk
- Low Risk
- Rank in category
- 11th percentile of 331 funds
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 2.10%
- Category average
- 8.47%
- Low Carbon Designation
- Yes
- Portfolio covered
- 98.0%
Fund managers
- Wayne Xie
- Vanessa Yang
Tenure
- Number of managers
- 2
- Average tenure
- 6.7 years
- Longest tenure
- 7.6 years
- Longest serving
- Wayne Xie · since 1 MAR 2019
- Most recent appointment
- Vanessa Yang · since 31 DEC 2020
- Managed since
- 1 MAR 2019
- Other funds managed
- 92
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