On Tuesday, May 12, Infrastructure Capital Advisors announced the debut of the Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF (QVOL).
QVOL is an actively managed fund that aims to generate high monthly income via options premiums. The fund operates with a net expense ratio of 82 basis points.
Key Takeaways:
- Infrastructure Capital Advisors has launched QVOL, a new fund that generates income and potential capital appreciation through exposure to the Nasdaq Composite Index.
- The fund’s approach focuses on using an options writing strategy to provide monthly income, while its active management team focuses on top-down conditions, along with quantitative, qualitative, and relative valuation factors.
- QVOL joins a lineup of growing funds from Infrastructure Capital, a firm with proven experience in piloting equity income strategies.
“In the current market environment, investors are seeking consistent income without giving up exposure to growth, particularly in the information technology sector,” noted Jay Hatfield, CEO and CIO of Infrastructure Capital Advisors. “QVOL is built to monetize the increased volatility we’ve seen across Nasdaq-listed companies through active options strategies while maintaining the careful and pragmatic approach to portfolio and product construction that Infrastructure Capital has become well known for.”
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Fostering Income Through Nasdaq Exposure
Primarily, QVOL’s strategy fixates on investing in equities and option contracts that provide exposure to the Nasdaq Composite Index. This index tracks the performance of nearly all the companies listed on the Nasdaq through a cap-weighted lens. However, QVOL is not an index fund, and does not intend to track or replicate the index’s results.
To build its monthly income, QVOL buys and writes call and put options. Additionally, QVOL’s investors could be seeing long-term capital appreciation through the fund’s Nasdaq exposure.
When it comes to managing this portfolio, QVOL’s active team operates with a top-down mindset. The team focuses on global macroeconomic conditions, while keeping quantitative, qualitative, and relative valuation factors in mind as well. Considering the current state of geopolitics, an active manager focused on top-down conditions could make a great deal of sense right now.
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"Demand for alternative equity income through the ETF wrapper continues to accelerate in 2026 as dividend yields remain low,” added Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi. “It is great to see Infrastructure Capital expand its lineup to provide an additional product offering in this category."
Now available to the investment community, QVOL joins a growing lineup of fund solutions from Infrastructure Capital that are seeing noticeable interest. One of Infrastructure Capital’s other income ETFs, the Infrastructure Capital Equity Income ETF (ICAP ), has a 30-day SEC yield of 3.67%, as of May 11, 2026. Meanwhile, ICAP’s NAV rose 9.99% over the course of a single month, as of April 30, 2026. This showcases Infrastructure Capital’s expertise in providing compelling yield and results through the equity income format.
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