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- By the record: counting from May 21, 2026 the fund has made 18 payments, 18 of them in the year to October 4, 2026, worth $1.38 per share, too little history behind it for a year-over-year read, or about 6% of the ~$24.40 share price.
- Pays: weekly — the only autocallable ETF that does.
- First paid: shortly after its May 12, 2026 launch — every payment since is charted below.
- What it is: a laddered book of synthetic autocallables on the NYSE U.S. 500 Adaptive Vol Autocallable Index, sliced into weekly checks (per the fund's SEC 497K).
- Fee: 0.74% expense ratio.
- Who's behind it: VegaShares (Vega Capital Partners) — a small first-time issuer; small funds carry closure risk worth knowing about.
Weekly payments don't change the machine — coupons are still conditional on barriers holding — they just slice the same income thinner and faster. And an honest flag: VAIE is a tiny fund from a new issuer; our closure guide explains what happens if a small ETF shuts down (usually inconvenience, not loss).
VAIE pays weekly. Each point below is one distribution since the fund launched in May 2026.
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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: $1.38 per share across 18 payments — paying since May 2026, so no full prior-year comparison yet. What a change like that does to your income →
- Current pace: recent payments annualize to $4.00 — a projection, not a promise: the fund hasn't paid for a full year yet. Live cut & raise board →
- Record: 18 payments over 4 months; the largest single payment was $0.081 (May 2026).
- Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: none. Get one short email if that changes →
- Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±1% around their median. Compare that against any fund →
Every figure above is computed from VAIE'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 VAIE'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.
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The WeeklyPay wars proved income investors love a fast drip — Roundhill built a franchise on it. VAIE brings that cadence to autocallables: the same laddered coupon machine as the monthly funds, on an adaptive-volatility S&P-style index, paying every week. For paycheck-mappers using our paycheck calendar, it's the only autocallable that fills all four weeks.
The flag we'd want stated to us: VegaShares is a brand-new, small issuer. If the fund never gathers assets, the realistic risk is a quiet liquidation — see what happens when an ETF closes (usually a refund, not a wipeout). Meanwhile every weekly check lands on this chart.
| 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 VAIE's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
VAIE 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 VAIE's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
VAIE's Record So Far
VAIE — the VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF — launched May 12, 2026 and started paying within weeks, stacking up the category's only weekly record: a dozen-plus checks around $0.078 apiece by mid-August. Every one lands on the chart above the day the data shows it.
The Adaptive-Vol Index Underneath
Per its 497K, VAIE's ladder references the NYSE U.S. 500 Adaptive Vol Autocallable Index — an S&P-style large-cap universe with volatility that adapts to conditions, the same engineering family as the volatility-target indexes under MPDY, PAYH, and ATCL. As ever, the vol setting is the throttle: it funds the coupons and positions the barriers at the same time.
Where VAIE Fits
As the cadence outlier on the census — and a test of whether the weekly-income wave that reshaped covered-call funds reaches autocallables too. Compare the drip against Roundhill's WeeklyPay funds (PLTW, HOOW) for the covered-call version of weekly checks.
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