- Pays: weekly — typically going ex-dividend on Wednesdays.
- First paid: February 2024, alongside its whole-family sibling YMAX.
- What it is: a fund of funds holding the YieldMax single-stock ETFs for the Magnificent Seven — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla — pooling their option income weekly.
- vs. YMAX: YMAX holds the whole YieldMax universe; YMAG concentrates on Big Tech's seven giants only.
- The pattern so far: steadier than any single sibling, drifting with Big Tech's collective volatility — recent weekly checks in the 7-8 cent range.
YMAG's weekly check is the pooled income of the underlying YieldMax funds it holds; layered fees apply, and every holding shares the same option-income physics.
YMAG pays weekly. Each point below is one distribution since February 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.
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"Next expected" is estimated from YMAG'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.
YMAG answers a specific wish: Big Tech option income without picking which giant's volatility to harvest. It owns the YieldMax funds for all seven — so Tesla's wild week and Apple's quiet one average into a single pooled payout. The result is visibly smoother than any individual sibling's record, and structurally incapable of escaping the group's shared weather: when Big Tech calms down together, every underlying fund earns less at once.
You pay fees on two layers, and all the family mechanics — capped rallies, kept drawdowns, return-of-capital components — flow through. The backtest above is the honest scoreboard; the family guide explains the machinery.
| 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 YMAG's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
YMAG pays weekly — typically going ex-dividend on Wednesdays. 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 YMAG's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
YMAG's Record: Big Tech's Pulse, Weekly
YMAG — the YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs — has paid every week since February 2024: about $6.78 per share that first year, $7.44 across 2025, and a 2026 pace near 7-8 cents weekly on a share price around $11. Read those numbers as a seismograph of Big Tech volatility — high through the AI frenzy, easing as the giants settled.
The Case For (and Against) Concentration
Against YMAX's everything-basket, YMAG makes a sharper bet: the seven most-traded stocks on earth produce the deepest, richest options markets, so their pooled premium stream is high-quality income. The cost is correlation — the Seven increasingly move as one organism, so YMAG's smoothing is real week to week but thin in a genuine tech storm.
Where YMAG Fits
For someone who wants the YieldMax trade specifically on Big Tech, YMAG is the diversified way in — compare it against single-stock routes like NVDY and the covered-call alternative MAGY (same seven stocks, different machinery). Next expected date on the live calendar.
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