● LAUNCHED Trading on NYSE Arca — launch announced Sep 2, 2026. Payment history will be charted here from the first distribution.
Status comes from our daily sweep of new US listings plus SEC records. Siblings VUGY and VTVX show as FILED on the launch tracker until they trade.
What VOOY Does, Per the Prospectus
VOOY began trading at the turn of September — the launch announcement went out September 2, 2026 — from XFUNDS, the Nicholas Wealth brand behind the crypto income fund BLOX. The design has two layers: the equity side holds ETFs tracking US large-cap indexes (rather than picking stocks), and the income side sells call spreads and put spreads on securities or ETFs to harvest option premium. Actively managed, 0.78% expense ratio.
The ticker is the marketing: VOOY reads as VOO plus yield, and the two siblings registered with the SEC this week complete the set — VUGY (Growth Income) and VTVX (Value Income). The positioning is aimed squarely at investors who already think in Vanguard-flagship terms and have wondered what an income overlay on those universes would look like. Worth knowing: spreads are not plain covered calls — defined-risk structures behave differently in sharp moves, in both directions, and the first year of real payments will show what that means in practice.
Pipeline context from our measured data: VOOY's original registration was filed June 9, so filing-to-trading took roughly 85 days — near the fast end of the 3-5 month lag we measure across 140+ income-ETF launches (nothing lists sooner than about 75 days; that's an SEC effectiveness rule). If VUGY and VTVX follow the family pattern, they arrive around late 2026 — the launch tracker walks them from FILED to LAUNCHED as it happens.
What Nobody Can Know Yet
No distributions have been declared — a brand-new fund has zero payment history, so any yield you hear is a target, not a record. Distribution size will depend on what index option premium actually pays, and whether return of capital does part of the work is only visible once real payments and their tax characterizations exist. We chart every payment of every fund we track from its very first one; VOOY's record starts here the day it declares.
One email the day a new income fund launches — nothing else, ever. We watch the issuers' own sites continuously; you hear before the videos exist.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did VOOY launch?
It began trading on NYSE Arca at the turn of September 2026; the launch announcement went out September 2. Filing to trading took roughly 85 days from the June 9 registration.
What does VOOY pay?
Unknown until it declares. The strategy harvests option-spread premium over large-cap index ETF holdings, so real distributions will show what the market actually pays. First payment gets charted here the day it exists.
Are VUGY and VTVX available too?
Registered, not trading. On the family's own precedent (and our measured 3-5 month filing-to-listing lag), the growth and value versions are a late-2026 story. The launch tracker updates daily.