NVDY
YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF
2026-07-09
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ARCX · Active · options-income
NVDY
YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF
Tidal Investments LLC
Verdict
BUY
Weighted score · 4.20 / 5
AUM
$1.22B
assets under mgmt
Avg Volume
3.3M
shares · daily
Distribution
68.0%
Weekly · 48% ROC
Expense Ratio
1.09%
1.09% gross
1Y Return
vs underlying
Sharpe
1.26
Max DD -34.1%
Fund Identity
What it is, who runs it, where it lives.
The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek current income.
NVDY 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 the price returns of NVDA. The Fund synthetically replicates long exposure to NVDA by purchasing at-the-money call options and selling at-the-money put options, then writes short-dated call options on NVDA to generate income. Proceeds from option premiums and income from short-term U.S. Treasury securities held as collateral are used to fund weekly cash distributions to shareholders.
Ticker
NVDY
Issuer
Tidal Investments LLC
Exchange
ARCX
Inception
2023-05-11 · 3.1 yrs
Mgmt style
Active
Replication
Derivatives (options/futures) — synthetic covered call using purchased/sold NVDA call and put options plus U.S. Treasury collateral; may also use swap contracts and direct NVDA equity
Index-based
— · S&P 500 Total Return Index (used as broad market performance comparison only, not as a tracked index)
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 OTM call to generate premium); synthetic covered call spread (short OTM call + long higher-strike OTM call); may also use deep-in-the-money calls for synthetic long exposure
generates income
Underlying
NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation common stock)
income exposure
WEEKLY
68.0%
DIST. RATE
48% ROC
Ordinary Income
Underlying
NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation common stock)
Strategy
Synthetic covered call (long ATM call + short ATM put for synthetic long exposure, plus short OTM call to generate premium); synthetic covered call spread (short OTM call + long higher-strike OTM call); may also use deep-in-the-money calls for synthetic long exposure
Tax
Ordinary Income
The Fund purchases and sells combinations of standardized exchange-traded and FLEX call and put options on NVDA with 1-month to 6-month terms for synthetic long exposure, and writes short-dated call options (1-month or less) struck approximately 0%-15% above the current share price to generate premiums. The sold call options cap upside participation beyond the strike price while the sold put options expose the Fund to the full downside of NVDA. In notional terms, the combined options package provides indirect investment exposure to NVDA equal to at least 95% of the Fund's total assets.
Performance & NAV
Total return vs. the underlying, with drawdown context.
NAV HISTORY · JUN '25 – JUN '26
max DD -34.1% $12.03
JUN '25JUN '26
Max DD
-34.1%
Volatility
38.2%
Sharpe
1.26
Sortino
1.83
Calmar
1.41
Beta
1.62
Flat-NAV reinvestment hurdle
19.8%
Share of each distribution you’d need to reinvest just to hold NAV flat. Higher means more of the yield is your own capital coming back.
1Y vs Underlying
Tracking err.
Yield on cost
41.1%
Distribution & Tax
Where the yield comes from — and how it’s taxed.
Composition · Recent Distribution
48%
ROC
Return of Capital — mixed48%
Net Investment Income53%
Frequency
Weekly
Dist. rate
67.97%
ROC %
48%
30-day SEC
not reported
Consistency
1 w/o cut
YOC · 1yr-ago buyer
49.5%
Tax Treatment — Ordinary Income
ORDINARY INCOME
Distribution Composition (Recent)
48% Return of Capital
ROC is not free money — it lowers your cost basis. When shares are sold, capital gains are computed against the lower basis.
Composition · Narrative
Trailing-quarter return of capital averaged 47.5% of distributions (dollar-weighted across 14 distributions payable 3/27/26–6/26/26). Most recent distribution (6/26/26): 93.7% ROC. Single-week ROC is volatile for option-income funds; the dollar-weighted quarter is the steadier read.
Distribution & Return of Capital
Per-month payout split and the running return-of-capital share · last 13 months.
DIST ($/sh)ROC %
$0.00$1.31$2.62 0%50%100% 2024 ~40% JAN '24APR '24JUL '24OCT '24FEB '26 202420252026
Return of capital ($/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
-19.4% 1M -15.9% 3M -13.1% 6M -85.0% 1Y -89.5% 3Y
Latest Distribution Schedule
Record date
2026-06-25
Ex-dividend
2026-06-25
Pay date
Payback Period
1.5 yr
Dist. Since Incep.
$39.9
Holdings & Concentration
Position sizing, top-name weights, and concentration risk.
Sector Mix · Tilt vs S&P 500
No sector feed for this fund.
Holdings
17
Top-10 Wt.
Technical Signal & Liquidity
Moving-average posture and a read on tradability.
Price vs. Moving Averages
$13.4$11.7$10.0$8.3
JUN '25JUN '26
Price $12.03
50-DMA $12.95
200-DMA $11.89
Bullish — 50-DMA above 200-DMA
Price $12.03 is above the 200-day SMA ($11.89); 50-day SMA $12.95. The 50-day SMA sits above the 200-day — an established uptrend, 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
3.3M
Avg dollar volume
$44,412,096
Bid/ask spread
0.08%
Premium/discount
+0.08%
Turnover
16%
Estimated bid/ask spread ~0.40% (moderate). Average daily dollar volume ~$44.4M (liquid). This spread is a high-low estimate, not a live quote; the issuer's reported median spread and premium/discount to NAV are shown above when available.
Assets Under Management
Trend: Falling. Source: shares×price (Massive, monthly).
AUM ($)
$1.22B
$1.88B$1.31B$733M
JUN '24JUN '26
SOURCES  Massive market-data API, SEC EDGAR filings, issuer disclosures.
NVDY · 2026-06-27
Prepared by denvereyon
Research aid, not investment advice.