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QYLDGlobal XACTIVE

Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

$18.57+0.11% vs prior close
16.7018.5752-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Aug 23. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

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.

Price & daily flows
18.1717.6317.1018.57DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +5.1% so far this year. At 0.61% a year it is not the cheapest way in — EMDV has a reported fee of 0.60%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$8Bassets under management
0.61%expense ratio · $61 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
3.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
102holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed December 11, 2013 · beta 0.73
The book at a glance
NVDA+1.1%AAPL-0.8%MSFT-0.0%MU+3.0%AMD+0.6%AMZN-0.4%META+0.1%GOOGL-1.7%TSLA-0.2%GOOG-1.7%SPCX-1.8%INTC-0.2%AVGO-2.1%WMT+0.3%PLTR+1.6%CSCO+1.0%LRCX+3.5%AMAT+3.5%COST+0.5%PANW-0.3%NFLX-2.5%CRWD+0.5%SNDK+2.7%KLAC+2.8%TXN+0.4%MRVL+1.5%AMGN-3.4%LIN-1.1%STX+2.5%ADI+2.0%QCOM-1.1%GILDWDCASML

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA8.69%$230.86+1.1%
2AAPLAPPLE7.68%$330.32-0.8%
3MSFTMICROSOFT6.01%$512.80-0.0%
4MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY5.25%$1097.39+3.0%
5AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES4.35%$615.73+0.6%
6AMZNAMAZON 4.24%$248.23-0.4%
7METAMETA3.40%$725.93+0.1%
8GOOGLALPHABET3.19%$338.24-1.7%
9TSLATESLA2.94%$354.11-0.2%
10GOOGALPHABET2.96%$334.93-1.7%
11SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp2.82%$148.07-1.8%
12INTCINTEL2.75%$120.00-0.2%
13AVGOBROADCOM2.64%$343.64-2.1%
14WMTWALMART2.20%$104.26+0.3%
15PLTRPALANTIR1.88%$190.04+1.6%

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Sector weights
Technology51.41%
Information Technology50.35%
Technology Services34.51%
Electronic Technology30.47%
Consumer Discretionary18.46%
Communication Services15.71%
Consumer Cyclical12.69%
Retail Trade11.05%
Health Technology6.53%
Consumer Defensive6.4%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States96.95%
Netherlands1.03%
Hong Kong0.84%
Uruguay0.67%
Brazil0.67%
United Kingdom0.67%
China0.67%
Canada0.32%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month+2.2%
3 months+1.4%
6 months+11.2%
YTD+5.1%
1 year+8.9%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peaklatest close versus that peak

The top holding is 8.7% of the book; the top ten carry 49%. Spread across 102+ names, it behaves like roughly 32 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
84calls · latest snapshot
173puts · latest snapshot
2.06put/call ratio
5Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$1.7B$1.7B
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $400M$366M
NVDA NVIDIA$337M$354M
TSLA TESLA$316M$337M
META META$255M$245M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against QYLD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat QYLD on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-58bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-59bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-57bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-58bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-57bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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