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NFLY
YieldMax NFLX Option Income Strategy ETF
Tidal Investments LLC
Verdict
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Weighted score · 3.25 / 5
Fund Identity
What it is, who runs it, where it lives.
The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek current income.
NFLY is an actively managed ETF that employs a synthetic covered call strategy (and at times a synthetic covered call spread strategy) to generate options premiums while providing indirect exposure to NFLX share price returns. The Fund synthetically replicates long exposure to NFLX by purchasing at-the-money call options and selling at-the-money put options, then sells short-dated call options on NFLX to generate income. The Fund also holds short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral and for additional income, and seeks to distribute income on a weekly basis.
Ticker
NFLY
Issuer
Tidal Investments LLC
Exchange
ARCX
Inception
2023-08-08 · 2.9 yrs
Mgmt style
Active
Replication
Derivatives (options/futures) — synthetic covered call using exchange-traded and FLEX options on NFLX plus U.S. Treasuries as collateral; may also use swap contracts and direct NFLX equity
Index-based
— · S&P 500 Total Return Index (used for comparison purposes only)
Leverage
None
Strategy & Options Mechanics
How the portfolio is built and where the income comes from.
PORTFOLIO
Options
actively managed
OPTIONS OVERLAY
Strategy
Synthetic covered call (long ATM call + short ATM put for synthetic long exposure, plus short near-term OTM call for premium) and synthetic covered call spread (same synthetic long plus short OTM call / long higher-strike OTM call credit spread)
generates income
Underlying
NFLX (Netflix, Inc. common stock)
income exposure
WEEKLY
62.6%
DIST. RATE
41% ROC
Ordinary Income
Ordinary Income
Underlying
NFLX (Netflix, Inc. common stock)
Strategy
Synthetic covered call (long ATM call + short ATM put for synthetic long exposure, plus short near-term OTM call for premium) and synthetic covered call spread (same synthetic long plus short OTM call / long higher-strike OTM call credit spread)
Tax
Ordinary Income
The Fund purchases at-the-money call options and sells at-the-money put options with 1–6 month expirations to synthetically replicate approximately 100% long exposure to NFLX. Against this synthetic long position, the Fund sells short-dated call options (typically ≤1 month, strike approximately 0%–15% above current NFLX price) to generate options premiums distributed to shareholders weekly. When the Adviser anticipates significant near-term price appreciation, it may instead write credit call spreads to allow greater participation in upside while still collecting net premiums.
Performance & NAV
Total return vs. the underlying, with drawdown context.
NAV HISTORY · JUN '25 – JUN '26
JUN '25JUN '26
Flat-NAV reinvestment hurdle
55.0%
Share of each distribution you’d need to reinvest just to hold NAV flat. Higher means more of the yield is your own capital coming back.
Distribution & Tax
Where the yield comes from — and how it’s taxed.
Composition · Recent Distribution
41%
ROC
Return of Capital — mixed41%
Net Investment Income59%
Frequency
Weekly
Dist. rate
62.58%
ROC %
41%
30-day SEC
not reported
Consistency
2 w/o cut
YOC · 1yr-ago buyer
28.9%
Tax Treatment — Ordinary Income
ORDINARY INCOME
Distribution Composition (Recent)
ROC is not free money — it lowers your cost basis. When shares are sold, capital gains are computed against the lower basis.
Composition · Narrative
Trailing-quarter return of capital averaged 41.4% of distributions (dollar-weighted across 13 distributions payable 3/27/26–6/22/26). Most recent distribution (6/22/26): 0.0% ROC. Single-week ROC is volatile for option-income funds; the dollar-weighted quarter is the steadier read.
Distribution & Return of Capital
Per-month payout split and the running return-of-capital share · last 12 months.
DIST ($/sh)ROC %
Return of capital ($/sh)
Net investment income ($/sh)
Monthly ROC %
Calendar-year ROC (YTD est.)
Distribution Growth & Schedule
Per-period growth of the payout, the latest schedule, and how long distributions take to repay NAV.
Distribution Growth by Lookback Period
Latest Distribution Schedule
Record date
2026-06-18
Ex-dividend
2026-06-18
Pay date
—
Payback Period
1.6 yr
Dist. Since Incep.
$20.8
Holdings & Concentration
Position sizing, top-name weights, and concentration risk.
Sector Mix · Tilt vs S&P 500
No sector feed for this fund.
Holdings
11
Top-10 Wt.
—
Technical Signal & Liquidity
Moving-average posture and a read on tradability.
Price vs. Moving Averages
$12.7$11.2$9.8$8.3
JUN '25JUN '26
Price $8.52
50-DMA $9.45
200-DMA $10.18
Bearish — 50-DMA below 200-DMA
Price $8.52 is below the 200-day SMA ($10.18); 50-day SMA $9.45. The 50-day SMA sits below the 200-day — an established downtrend, no recent crossover. Moving-average signals are a timing aid, not a recommendation — weigh them against the distribution profile and framework score.
Liquidity
Avg daily volume
88K
Avg dollar volume
$859,930
Bid/ask spread
0.12%
Premium/discount
+0.05%
Turnover
33%
Estimated bid/ask spread ~0.44% (wide). Average daily dollar volume ~$0.9M (thin). This spread is a high-low estimate, not a live quote; the issuer's reported median spread and premium/discount to NAV are shown above when available.
Assets Under Management
Trend: Rising. Source: shares×price (Massive, monthly).
AUM ($)
$58M
$171M$110M$49M
JUN '24JUN '26
SOURCES Massive market-data API, SEC EDGAR filings, issuer disclosures.
NFLY · 2026-06-21
Prepared by denvereyon
Research aid, not investment advice.
Prepared by denvereyon
Research aid, not investment advice.
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