- Pays: weekly.
- First paid: September 2024.
- What it is: Roundhill's covered-call fund on ETHEREUM — it holds ether-ETF exposure and sells calls against it, converting crypto's second-largest asset's volatility into income.
- The sibling: YBTC runs the identical design on bitcoin — the pair tracks which crypto asset's volatility pays better.
- Headline rate: trailing figures above 100% — inflated by a share price that carries ether's drawdowns.
YETH targets high weekly income from ether option premiums, not a fixed amount; distributions typically include return-of-capital components.
YETH pays weekly. Each point below is one distribution since September 2024. 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.
| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Distribution / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from YETH'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.
Ether pays nothing by itself (staking aside) — but its volatility is a sellable product, and YETH sells it weekly: hold ether exposure, write calls, distribute the premium. In ether manias the income is spectacular; in ether winters both the checks and the share price shrink together, and the sold calls mean the fund never fully rides the recoveries.
Judge it against simply holding ether — that's the comparison the structure invites — using the total-return backtest above, and read ROC & NAV Erosion for why the trailing yield overstates what a buyer today should expect.
| 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 YETH's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
YETH 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 YETH's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
YETH's Record: Nearly Two Years of Ether Weather
YETH — the Roundhill Ether Covered Call Strategy ETF — has paid weekly since September 2024, long enough to chart a full swing of ether's mood: rich checks through the 2025 run, thinner ones as the asset cooled. The trailing rate still reads above 100%; the recent weekly amounts tell the current truth.
The Machinery, Briefly
Hold ether exposure, sell calls against it, distribute the premium — the identical blueprint as YBTC, pointed at the asset one notch further out on the risk curve. The distributions carry heavy return-of-capital character, and the sold calls cap participation in exactly the violent rallies where ether makes most of its long-run return.
Where YETH Fits
For an ether believer who wants the position to pay something while they hold — accepting that the payment comes out of the upside. Compare YBTC and the diversified BLOX, and check its next expected date on the live calendar.
Return of Capital, Demystified
When a fund's distribution is partly your own money coming back — and how to tell honest yield from an illusion.
Read: ROC & NAV Erosion