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- Pays: weekly since late October 2025; roughly monthly before that. 71 distributions since September 2023.
- Trailing 12 months: the running total, the payment count and the year-over-year change are computed from the record in the By-the-Numbers block below, which carries its own as-of date.
- What it is: a synthetic covered-call fund — option positions that mimic owning Amazon, with calls sold on top. It holds no actual AMZN shares.
- Fee: 1.09% gross expense ratio (issuer page, July 2026).
- Largest payment: $1.173 in November 2024.
Two separate things shrank the visible check: the switch to weekly (same money, more checks — cosmetic) and a genuine year-over-year decline in total payout (not cosmetic). A fund can have both at once, and AMZY does. The By-the-Numbers block above separates them.
Each point is one AMZY distribution since September 2023. The late-2025 level shift is the weekly switch; the sag in the recent points is the real decline.
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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.
- Trailing 12 months: $5.15 per share across 51 payments — down 37% from $8.23 in the 12 months before. What a change like that does to your income →
- Current pace: recent payments annualize to $3.04 — 41% below the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
- Share price, same 12 months: down 33% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
- Record: 77 payments over 3 years; the largest single payment was $1.17 (Nov 2024).
- Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: 26. Get alerted to the next one →
- Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±30% around their median. Compare that against any fund →
Every figure above is computed from AMZY's actual payment record and share-price history as of the date shown — not copied from a fact sheet. Recomputed regularly; the chart above always shows the live data.
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| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Distribution / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from AMZY's recent payment rhythm — the fund announces exact dates shortly before each payout, and the data feed can lag a few days. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout; the cash typically arrives days later. See every fund's upcoming date on the live dividend calendar.
A real total-return estimate, assuming every payout was reinvested — including what happened to the share price. Before taxes and fees. Past performance does not predict the future.
AMZY's chart shows checks falling from over $1.00 in 2024 to under $0.15 in 2026. Part of that is bookkeeping: since late October 2025 the fund pays weekly, so each check is naturally about a quarter of a monthly one. Part of it is real: even adding the weekly checks back up, the trailing year paid materially less per share than the year before, a real decline in income rather than a cosmetic one. Amazon's calmer 2026 meant thinner option premium, and thinner premium means thinner checks.
Same engine, different underlyings: MSTY (MicroStrategy) and NVDY (Nvidia) show what this strategy pays on wilder stocks, and YMAX holds the whole YieldMax family at once. The compare tool overlays any two.
| Year | Total Distributions / Share | Payments | Change vs Prior Year |
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Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources.
Calculated from complete calendar years in the data above. Past results don't guarantee future payments.
When Is AMZY's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
AMZY pays weekly — it switched from roughly monthly in late 2025. The exact date of each payout is announced by the fund only shortly beforehand, so no site can promise the next date — but the live schedule box above shows the most recent ex-dividend date and the expected window for the next one, computed from AMZY's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
Renting Out Amazon's Swings
AMZY has been converting Amazon's volatility into income since September 8, 2023 — 71 distributions through August 2026, the largest a $1.173 payment in November 2024, back when AMZN's option premium was rich. The machinery is YieldMax's standard synthetic covered call: an option position that mimics owning the stock, with calls sold against it, at a 1.09% gross expense ratio. No actual Amazon shares are held.
Reading the Decline Honestly
The trailing twelve months paid materially less per share than the twelve before them, both figures dated in the block above. That decline is real income shrinkage, and it happened for an unexciting reason: Amazon calmed down, and covered-call funds are paid in proportion to the chaos of what they cover. Layered on top is the late-October 2025 switch to weekly payments, which shrank each individual check without shrinking the total. Untangling those two effects is exactly what the computed block above does — and what most yield screeners don't.
Where AMZY Fits
Against its own family, AMZY is one of the tamer underlyings — Amazon swings less than MicroStrategy or Nvidia, so it pays less than MSTY or NVDY and erodes more slowly than the wildest siblings. Whether that trade beats simply holding Amazon depends on the window: the compare tool shows both lines, and the Erosion Index keeps score on the share price.
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