XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
2026-08-23
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BATS · Active · options-income
XDTE
Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
Roundhill Financial Inc.
Weighted score · Pro 🔒
AUM
$345M
assets under mgmt
Avg Volume
184K
shares · daily
Distribution
31.0%
Weekly · 100% ROC
Expense Ratio
0.97%
0.97% gross
1Y Return
vs underlying
Sharpe
0.94
Max DD -19.1%
Fund Identity
What it is, who runs it, where it lives.
The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income.
The Fund employs a synthetic covered call strategy that provides current income on a weekly basis while also providing exposure to the price return of the S&P 500 Index. At market open on every business day, the Fund sells out-of-the-money 0DTE (zero days to expiration) call options on the S&P 500 Index that expire at the end of that day. The Fund derives its synthetic long exposure to the S&P 500 Index by purchasing deeply in-the-money call options with longer maturities. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments (options contracts) that utilize the S&P 500 Index as the reference asset.
Ticker
XDTE
Issuer
Roundhill Financial Inc.
Exchange
BATS
Inception
2024-03-07 · 2.4 yrs
Mgmt style
Active
Replication
Derivatives (options/futures) — synthetic covered call using exchange-traded and FLEX Options on the S&P 500 Index; supplemented by short-term U.S. Treasury securities or money market funds for cash collateral
Index-based
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 Calls — long deep-in-the-money calls (longer maturity) for index exposure + short out-of-the-money 0DTE calls for income generation
generates income
Underlying
S&P 500 Index (SPX)
income exposure
WEEKLY
31.0%
DIST. RATE
100% ROC
Ordinary Income
Underlying
S&P 500 Index (SPX)
Strategy
Synthetic Covered Calls — long deep-in-the-money calls (longer maturity) for index exposure + short out-of-the-money 0DTE calls for income generation
Tax
Ordinary Income
Each business day the Fund sells out-of-the-money S&P 500 Index call options with zero days to expiration to generate premium income, while holding deeply in-the-money longer-dated call options to provide synthetic long exposure to the S&P 500 Index. The sold 0DTE calls cap upside participation beyond their strike price, effectively converting a portion of potential capital appreciation into current income. Options are exchange-traded or FLEX Options, cash-settled European-style contracts cleared through the OCC.
Performance & NAV
Total return vs. the underlying, with drawdown context.
NAV HISTORY · AUG '25 – AUG '26
max DD -19.1% $39.47
AUG '25AUG '26
Max DD
-19.1%
Volatility
13.8%
Sharpe
0.94
Sortino
1.26
Calmar
1.08
Beta
0.81
Flat-NAV reinvestment hurdle
53.1%
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
23.3%
Distribution & Tax
Where the yield comes from — and how it’s taxed.
Composition · Recent Distribution
100%
ROC
Return of Capital — mixed100%
Net Investment Income0%
Frequency
Weekly
Dist. rate
30.96%
ROC %
100%
30-day SEC
not reported
Consistency
2 w/o cut
YOC · 1yr-ago buyer
27.8%
Tax Treatment — Ordinary Income
ORDINARY INCOME
Distribution Composition (Recent)
100% 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
Per the fund's most recent 19a-1 notice (as stated on the issuer fund page), the estimated distribution is 100% return of capital.
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
-40.6% 1M -23.4% 3M +86.0% 6M -57.2% 1Y
Latest Distribution Schedule
Record date
2026-08-06
Ex-dividend
2026-08-06
Pay date
Payback Period
3.2 yr
Dist. Since Incep.
$24.4
Holdings & Concentration
Position sizing, top-name weights, and concentration risk.
Sector Mix · Tilt vs S&P 500
No sector feed for this fund.
Holdings
4
Top-10 Wt.
Technical Signal & Liquidity
Moving-average posture and a read on tradability.
Price vs. Moving Averages
$39.5$36.7$33.8$31.0
AUG '25AUG '26
Price $39.47
50-DMA $38.26
200-DMA $36.27
Bullish — 50-DMA above 200-DMA
Price $39.47 is above the 200-day SMA ($36.27); 50-day SMA $38.26. 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
184K
Avg dollar volume
$7,178,796
Bid/ask spread
0.16%
Premium/discount
Turnover
54%
Estimated bid/ask spread ~0.16% (moderate). Average daily dollar volume ~$7.2M (adequate). This spread is a high-low estimate, not a live quote; the issuer's reported median spread and premium/discount to NAV are shown above when available.
Assets Under Management
Trend: Stable. Source: shares×price (Massive, monthly).
AUM ($)
$345M
$426M$221M$16M
JUN '24AUG '26
SOURCES  Massive market-data API, SEC EDGAR filings, issuer disclosures.
XDTE · 2026-08-11
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