- Pays: monthly — unlike the weekly single-stock YieldMax funds.
- First paid: January 2025 — every payment since is charted below.
- What it is: call-spread income on a focused portfolio of 15-30 semiconductor companies, run to a Target 12 mandate: aim for a 12% annualized distribution rate.
- Fee: 1.06% gross expense ratio (issuer fund page).
- The point: a deliberately calmer YieldMax — diversified underlying, moderate target, monthly rhythm.
Target 12 means exactly that — a target. The 12% is an aim the managers steer toward, not a contractual rate, and it can be missed in either direction. The chart below is the record of what was actually paid.
SOXY pays monthly. Each point below is one distribution since the fund began paying in January 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 SOXY'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.
The famous YieldMax funds chase whatever premium a single wild stock offers — yields swing from spectacular to shrinking, weekly. The Target 12 line inverts the design: pick the payout rate first (12% a year), diversify the underlying (15-30 chip names), and sell only as much premium as the target needs. Less lottery, more dial.
That makes SOXY closer in spirit to covered-call stalwarts like QYLD than to TSLY — worth comparing against both on the compare tool before deciding which end of the family fits your plan.
| 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 SOXY's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
SOXY 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 SOXY's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
SOXY's Record So Far
SOXY launched in December 2024 as part of YieldMax's Target 12 line and has paid monthly since January 2025. The chart above shows every declared distribution against the 12%-a-year mandate.
The Dial, Not the Lottery
Selling option premium always trades upside for income; the only question is how hard. The single-stock funds sell as hard as one volatile ticker allows. SOXY sells only as hard as a 12% annual rate requires, across a focused portfolio of 15-30 semiconductor companies — leaving more of the market's upside in the fund. The cost of moderation is obvious too: nobody buys SOXY for triple-digit headline yields.
Judging a Target Fund
For a fund with a stated target, the interesting question isn't "how much did it pay?" but "did it hit the number without eating itself?" Watch the year-by-year table above against a 12% rate, and check the share-price half of the story on the Erosion Index.
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