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- By the record: the record runs from May 22, 2019 to October 4, 2026 across 88 payments, the last twelve months contributing $1.87 per share over 12 checks, down 0% on the $1.88 of the year before — close to 12% of the ~$15.60 share price.
- Pays: monthly.
- First paid: May 2019 — every payment since is charted below.
- What it is: It holds Russell 2000 exposure (primarily via the Global X Russell 2000 ETF) and writes index call options against it, tracking the Cboe Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index.
- Fee: 0.60% expense ratio (issuer fund page).
- The pedigree: part of Global X's covered-call family alongside QYLD — index-based, rules-driven, with one of the longest payment records in the category.
RYLD is small-cap income without gimmicks — no leverage, no spreads, no single-name cliff; just the Russell 2000 rented out monthly. RYLD's line is what patient, boring option income on small caps actually produced.
RYLD pays monthly. Each point below is one distribution since the fund began paying in May 2019.
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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: $1.87 per share across 12 payments — down 0% from $1.88 in the 12 months before. What a change like that does to your income →
- Current pace: recent payments annualize to $2.05 — 9% above the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
- Share price, same 12 months: up 3% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
- Record: 88 payments over 7 years; the largest single payment was $0.307 (Dec 2021).
- Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: none. Get one short email if that changes →
- Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±2% around their median. Compare that against any fund →
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| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Distribution / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from RYLD'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.
Before weekly payers, 0DTE spreads, and 100%+ headline yields, there was this: buy an index, write calls on it, pay out the premium monthly. Global X's family — QYLD on the Nasdaq-100, XYLD on the S&P 500, RYLD on the Russell 2000, and the half-covered QYLG — has run the experiment for years across whole market cycles.
A decade of small-cap buy-write receipts is a yardstick no backtest can fake — newer small-cap income funds get measured here. The flashy end of small-cap income (RDTE, IWMY) overlays in one click; the Erosion Index keeps the decade's price verdict.
| 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 RYLD's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
RYLD pays monthly. 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 RYLD's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
RYLD's Record So Far
RYLD — the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF — launched in April 2019 and has paid monthly since May 2019. Above: the complete declared record; below it, the yearly sums.
The Small-Cap Version of the Trade
Covered-call income scales with the underlying's nervousness, and small caps are reliably nervous — RYLD has typically out-yielded its S&P sibling for exactly that reason. The cost shows in drawdowns: the Russell 2000 falls harder in risk-off markets, and a call-writing overlay softens nothing on the way down. RYLD's record since 2019 spans both halves of that bargain.
Buy-Writes Pay What Volatility Offers
Systematic buy-write funds pay what volatility offers: richer checks in nervous markets, thinner in calm ones, and a share price that lags the plain index in melt-ups because the rallies were sold in advance. Judge on total return over full cycles — the compare tool overlays RYLD against its plain index in one view.
The record's texture matters as much as its length. Small-cap premium kept RYLD's rate above its large-cap siblings through most markets. The 2022 volatility spike produced its richest stretch — nervous markets literally pay this fund more. And through a full decade of fads arriving and dying, the monthly check never skipped, which is the entire brand.
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