Best Covered Call ETFs
Leading covered-call and options-income ETFs ranked by ETF Copilot for high monthly income, updated daily.
Updated September 11, 2026
What stands out across Covered Call ETFs
Expense ratios on this page run from 0.35% to 0.75% a year, a median of 0.60%. 2 of the 5 shown charge that lowest figure.
Dividend yields range from 0.64% to 1.72%, with a median of 1.10% across the 5 funds that pay one. FTHI yields the most.
Across the 5 funds shown, ETF Copilot's overall scores run from 4.8 to 6.5 out of 10, with a median of 5.6.
Concentration varies widely here: the ten largest holdings account for 21% of assets in the least concentrated fund and 52% in the most, a median of 38% across the list.
2 of 5 are more concentrated than the typical fund in their own category, on ETF Copilot's concentration measure.
The typical Covered Call fund on this page behaves like 45 equally weighted positions once holding weights are taken into account.
As of September 11, 2026, the largest fund on ETF Copilot's Best Covered Call ETFs list by assets is JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI).
What are the Best Covered Call ETFs? The 5 on this list
| # | Fund | ETF Copilot score | Expense ratio | Yield | Assets | Top 10 weight | Largest exposures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI) | 5.6/10 | 0.35% | 1.45% | $45.5B | 21% | Tech 24%, Magnificent 7 14% |
| 2 | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ) | 6.5/10 | 0.35% | 0.65% | $42.4B | 52% | Tech 69%, Magnificent 7 40% |
| 3 | Global X - Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) | 6.0/10 | 0.60% | 0.64% | $8.3B | 47% | Tech 68%, Magnificent 7 39% |
| 4 | Global X - S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (XYLD) | 5.1/10 | 0.60% | 1.10% | $3.3B | 38% | Tech 46%, Magnificent 7 34% |
| 5 | First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF (FTHI) | 4.8/10 | 0.75% | 1.72% | $2.5B | 36% | Tech 40%, Magnificent 7 28% |
ETF Copilot's 0–10 score rates a fund on value, growth, quality and risk against every US equity ETF we track. How the scores are built →
Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.
Which Covered Call ETFs are compared head to head?
Every published head-to-head between these funds, the most searched first.
- JEPI vs JEPQ
- JEPI vs QYLD
- JEPQ vs QYLD
- JEPI vs XYLD
- JEPQ vs XYLD
- QYLD vs XYLD
- FTHI vs JEPI
- FTHI vs JEPQ
- FTHI vs QYLD
- FTHI vs XYLD
- ACIO vs FTHI
- ACIO vs JEPI
- ACIO vs JEPQ
- ACIO vs QYLD
- ACIO vs XYLD
- ACIO vs RYLD
- FTHI vs RYLD
- JEPI vs RYLD
- JEPQ vs RYLD
- QYLD vs RYLD
- RYLD vs XYLD
Cite this
ETF Copilot, “Best Covered Call ETFs”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/best/covered-call-etfs
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