QQQY Dividend History

• By the record: 117 payments since October 2, 2023, of which 52 fell in the twelve months to October 4, 2026, totalling $7.48 per share, which is down 37% from $11.84 twelve months prior — roughly 33% of the recent ~$22.70 share price.
• Pays: weekly (monthly during its first year).
• First paid: October 2023 — one of the first 0DTE income ETFs ever launched.
• What it is: Defiance's Nasdaq income fund that sells same-day-expiry PUT options — effectively selling daily crash insurance on the Nasdaq-100 and distributing the premiums.
• Puts, not calls: unlike QDTE (which sells calls and caps upside), QQQY profits when the Nasdaq doesn't fall — its risk arrives on the down days.
• Headline rate: trailing figures around 35% — with a share-price history that shows what selling crash insurance costs when crashes come.

QQQY sells 0DTE put options for income; distributions carry heavy return-of-capital character and the strategy absorbs losses on the Nasdaq's sharp down days.

QQQY pays weekly (monthly until mid-2024). Each point below is one distribution since October 2023. The table further down totals each year.

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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: $7.48 per share across 52 payments — down 37% from $11.84 in the 12 months before (split-adjusted, in today's share terms). What a change like that does to your income →
• Current pace: recent payments annualize to $6.73 — 10% 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 10% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
• Record: 117 payments over 3 years; the largest single payment was $3.46 (Sep 2024), split-adjusted.
• Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: 11. Get alerted to the next one →
• Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±2% around their median. Compare that against any fund →

Every figure above is computed from QQQY'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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"Next expected" is estimated from QQQY'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 income funds on this site sell calls — renting out upside. QQQY sells puts: every trading day it effectively writes same-day crash insurance on the Nasdaq and pockets the premium. On flat and up days, that's free-looking money. On sharp down days, the insurance pays out — from the fund's own value. The distribution stream looks steady; the share price carries the claims.

This design divides opinion more than any covered-call fund: critics call it selling nickels in front of steamrollers, holders call it harvesting the market's most overpriced fear. The backtest above — real prices plus real payouts — is the only fair referee.

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.