About this ETF
The Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF, identified by its ticker XYLD, endeavors to replicate the overall price and income returns, preceding any operational charges or costs, of the Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index.
Description from the fund data provider · profile as of Oct 10, 2026.
Price Chart
Daily closing prices (price return, not total return). Comparison lines are normalized to percent change from the range start. Source: Financial Modeling Prep.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Incep.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price return | +1.04% | +1.72% | +5.01% | +3.20% | +6.18% | +2.03% | -3.29% | -0.66% | +0.40% |
| Total return | +1.04% | +2.74% | +8.99% | +10.05% | +16.47% | +13.30% | +7.67% | +8.42% | +8.38% |
* Annualized. Total return uses the dividend-adjusted price series (distributions reinvested); price return uses unadjusted closes. Performance through Oct 09, 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fees
| Net expense ratio | 0.60% | Annual cost of a $10,000 investment | $60.00 |
Illustrative calculation only: expense ratio × $10,000. It excludes trading costs, bid/ask spreads, taxes and changes in investment value. Gross vs. net expense details and any fee waivers are in the prospectus.
Holdings
Holdings as of Oct 10, 2026 · portfolio reporting date from the data provider; holdings are not live positions. 507 rows in database.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight | Shares | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | NVDA | 8.43% | 1.26M | $288.3M |
| 2 | APPLE INC | AAPL | 7.47% | 759.15K | $255.6M |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | MSFT | 6.04% | 385.82K | $206.4M |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | AMZN | 3.92% | 510.77K | $134.0M |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC-CL A | GOOGL | 3.13% | 304.46K | $107.1M |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | AVGO | 2.62% | 247.61K | $89.5M |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC-CL C | GOOG | 2.51% | 246.49K | $85.7M |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS INC | META | 2.41% | 114.78K | $82.5M |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | MU | 1.77% | 58.80K | $60.5M |
| 10 | TESLA INC | TSLA | 1.64% | 146.76K | $56.2M |
| 11 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | AMD | 1.51% | 85.01K | $51.7M |
| 12 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B | BRK-B | 1.46% | 97.00K | $50.0M |
| 13 | ELI LILLY & CO | LLY | 1.44% | 41.67K | $49.1M |
| 14 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | JPM | 1.35% | 138.37K | $46.1M |
| 15 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP | XOM | 1.06% | 213.89K | $36.1M |
| 16 | VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES | V | 1.00% | 88.82K | $34.2M |
| 17 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | JNJ | 0.96% | 125.56K | $32.8M |
| 18 | INTEL CORP | INTC | 0.79% | 259.07K | $27.1M |
| 19 | WALMART INC | WMT | 0.76% | 232.38K | $25.9M |
| 20 | ABBVIE INC | ABBV | 0.74% | 91.09K | $25.2M |
| 21 | MASTERCARD INC - A | MA | 0.73% | 42.17K | $24.8M |
| 22 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A | PLTR | 0.72% | 118.45K | $24.8M |
| 23 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | CSCO | 0.71% | 203.67K | $24.1M |
| 24 | CHEVRON CORP | CVX | 0.64% | 103.10K | $21.9M |
| 25 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | COST | 0.63% | 22.91K | $21.7M |
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Sector Exposure
Geographic Exposure
Country weights as reported by the data provider. Developed/emerging/frontier labels follow the classification on the Methodology page. Currency hedged: No hedging indicated in the fund name.
Distributions
| Yield (TTM) | 10.31% | Paid (last 12 months) | $4.3234 |
| Frequency | Monthly | SEC yield | Not provided by our data source; see the issuer page |
| Last ex-date | Sep 21, 2026 | Last payment | $0.2964 (Sep 24, 2026) |
| Growth 1Y | -15.15% | Growth 3Y / 5Y (ann.) | -0.53% / -1.75% |
| Ex-date | Record | Pay date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | $0.2964 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | $0.3109 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.4088 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.3403 |
| May 18, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | $0.4012 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | $0.3522 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.3905 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 26, 2026 | $0.3412 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | $0.3597 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.3252 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | Dec 02, 2025 | $0.4003 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 20, 2025 | Oct 27, 2025 | $0.3967 |
Trailing distribution yield = last 12 months of cash ÷ current price. It is NOT the SEC 30-day yield and distributions are not guaranteed to continue. The difference explained →
Risk Statistics
| Volatility 1Y / 3Y | 7.08% / 10.19% | Sharpe 1Y / 3Y | 2.05 / 0.956 |
| Max drawdown 1Y / 3Y | -5.28% / -15.51% | Sortino 1Y | 3.20 |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (3Y) | 0.589 | Correlation vs S&P 500 (1Y) | 0.867 |
| Downside deviation 1Y | 4.54% | Risk-free rate used | 4.05% (3M T-bill, FRED) |
Computed by ETF Explorer from daily dividend-adjusted closes; volatility and drawdown are annualized/period figures; S&P 500 exposure proxied by SPY. As of Oct 11, 2026. Formulas →
Liquidity
| Volume today | 316.05K | Average volume | 646.72K |
| AUM | $3.42B | Premium/Discount | +0.14% |
| Bid/Ask spread | Not provided by our data source. Check your broker's quote screen; spreads are widest at the open and close. | ||
Premium/discount compares the delayed market price with the last reported NAV: an indicative figure, not the official closing premium/discount. How ETF liquidity works →
Fund Flows (estimated)
| Period | Est. net flow | % of starting AUM | AUM start → end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | $0.00 | 0.00% | $3.42B → $3.42B |
| 1 Month | $56.9M | +1.71% | $3.33B → $3.42B |
| 1 Week | $9.5M | +0.28% | $3.39B → $3.42B |
ETF Explorer estimate: change in reported AUM minus the market-move effect, from our own daily snapshots. Not official issuer creation/redemption data.
Official Fund Resources
External links open the issuer's site or SEC EDGAR in a new tab. The prospectus and official documents are always the authoritative source; review them before investing.
Latest News for XYLD
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Guided help: AUM is fund size. The expense ratio is the yearly cost baked into returns. NAV is the value of what the fund owns per share; the market price can sit slightly above (premium) or below (discount) it. Total return assumes distributions were reinvested. Every dataset shows its own as-of date because holdings, assets and quotes update on different schedules.
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