- Pays: weekly.
- First paid: March 2025 — every payment since is charted below.
- What it is: not an option-income fund. NVDW targets 1.2x the weekly total return of NVIDIA (NVDA) via swap agreements — upside uncapped — and pays a weekly distribution set by a formula using the stock's performance and implied volatility.
- Fee: 0.99% gross expense ratio (issuer fund page).
- The angle: the AI king with a leveraged weekly wrapper.
Leverage resets weekly, not daily — and cuts both ways: a ~83% single-week drop in NVDA could wipe the fund out entirely (issuer risk disclosure). Distributions are manufactured by formula, not earned as income, and recent 19a-1 notices for WeeklyPay funds have estimated them largely as return of capital.
NVDW pays weekly. Each point below is one distribution since the fund began paying in March 2025.
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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.
| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Distribution / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from NVDW'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.
Most weekly payers on this site sell options; WeeklyPay funds don't sell anything. NVDW holds 1.2x leveraged NVDA exposure through swaps — rallies are uncapped — and simply pays out a formula-driven slice each week. When NVIDIA runs, the checks and the share price can both climb; when it slides, leverage makes the slide 20% worse and the checks keep coming out of principal.
That's why the honest comparison is against the option-income version of the same stock — NVDY — and against Roundhill's other WeeklyPay funds (PLTW, COIW, TSLW). Overlay any pair on the compare tool.
| 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 NVDW's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
NVDW pays weekly. 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 NVDW's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
NVDW's Record So Far
NVDW — the Roundhill NVDA WeeklyPay ETF — launched in February 2025 and has paid weekly since March 2025. The chart above shows every declared distribution.
Leverage With a Payout Habit
Strip the branding and NVDW is a 1.2x weekly-reset leveraged NVIDIA fund that mails out a formula-sized check every week. Nothing is harvested or hedged: if NVDA compounds upward, 1.2x weekly exposure can outrun the payouts and everyone's happy; if it grinds down, the same leverage deepens the hole while distributions — largely return of capital — quietly shrink the base. The distribution's tax character also matters: return of capital lowers your cost basis, which our Cost Basis Calculator tracks lot by lot.
Reading the Chart Honestly
A rising payout line here doesn't mean the fund is earning more — the formula responds to volatility and price, not profit. Judge NVDW on total return against plain NVDA and against the option-income funds on the same stock. That three-way overlay is exactly what the compare tool was built for.
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