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Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive income opportunities. The high-yield candidates included in this list meet two sets of criteria. First, each of these funds is deemed to be a high-yield prospect because it boasts an annual dividend yield upwards of 5%.
Second, each of these ETFs also boasts over $100 million in total assets under management to help steer investors away from less established funds. As always, investors of all experience levels are advised to use stop-loss orders and practice disciplined profit-taking techniques.
Third, each of these ETFs also meets a minimum 20-day average trading volume of 0.5 million. As always, investors of all experience levels are advised to use stop-loss orders and practice disciplined profit-taking techniques.
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- A total of 90 ETFs made it to our list of high-yield prospects this month. YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF (TSLY ), YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF (NVDY ), and YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs (YMAX ) were the top performers this month.
Track the performance of the top dividend ETFs here.
Compare the Top 100 Highest Dividend-Yield ETFs here. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the most recent dividend payment by the latest closing price of the fund.
To compare this month’s list with the one published on September 18th click here.
High-Yield ETFs
| Ticker | Name | Price | AUM ($MM) | Dividend Yield | 20 Day Avg Vol | 1-Year Return | Leverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TSLY ) | YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF | 8.67 | 1233 | 98.87% | 25,032,715 | -31.84% | Long |
| (NVDY ) | YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF | 16.69 | 1826 | 77.40% | 5,837,095 | -31.74% | Long |
| (YMAX ) | YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs | 13.02 | 1041 | 63.63% | 1,798,430 | -26.02% | Long |
| (AMDY ) | YieldMax AMD Option Income Strategy ETF | 9.27 | 227 | 63.27% | 1,229,510 | -39.05% | Long |
| (MSTX ) | Defiance Daily Target 1.75X Long MSTR ETF | 26.35 | 1036 | 54.76% | 8,445,165 | -15.44% | Long |
| (BITO ) | ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF | 20.75 | 3137 | 49.47% | 12,709,359 | Long | |
| (YMAG ) | YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs | 15.66 | 438 | 47.23% | 847,640 | -18.27% | Long |
| (MST ) | Defiance Leveraged Long plus Income MSTR ETF | 10.38 | 83 | 43.50% | 555,825 | N/A | Double-Long |
| (GDXY ) | YieldMax Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF | 18.15 | 179 | 38.74% | 544,175 | -0.11% | Long |
| (QDTE ) | Roundhill N-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF | 35.75 | 966 | 36.10% | 931,050 | -16.00% | Long |
| (COYY ) | GraniteShares YieldBOOST COIN ETF | 17.68 | 133 | 35.74% | 598,260 | N/A | Double-Long |
| (NVD ) | GraniteShares 2x Short NVDA Daily ETF | 8.8 | 185 | 29.64% | 19,549,936 | -78.27% | Double-Short |
| (BTCI ) | NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF | 63.69 | 895 | 26.27% | 553,185 | N/A | Long |
| (SARK ) | Tradr 2X Short Innovation Daily ETF | 27.1 | 91 | 24.04% | 915,455 | -66.56% | Double-Short |
| (AAPU ) | Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 1.5X Shares | 32.84 | 244 | 16.67% | 3,270,800 | -8.63% | Double-Long |
| (TLTW ) | iShares 20 plus Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF | 23.13 | 1434 | 16.36% | 1,078,990 | -11.62% | Long |
| (NVDQ ) | T-Rex 2X Inverse NVIDIA Daily Target ETF | 0.9369 | 35 | 16.22% | 32,716,061 | -78.66% | Double-Short |
| (SOXS ) | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares | 4.27 | 1150 | 14.03% | 172,317,453 | -78.67% | Triple-Short |
| (JDST ) | Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 3X Shares | 4.02 | 52 | 13.98% | 22,260,871 | -84.92% | Triple-Short |
| (QQQI ) | NEOS Nasdaq 100 High Income ETF | 54.71 | 5248 | 13.47% | 3,690,490 | Long | |
| (MORT ) | VanEck Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF | 10.39 | 316 | 13.12% | 593,560 | -9.26% | Long |
| (QYLD ) | Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF | 17.12 | 8175 | 12.96% | 5,239,795 | -5.31% | Long |
| (XYLD ) | Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | 39.47 | 3080 | 12.91% | 826,130 | -5.01% | Long |
| (NVDU ) | Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 1.5X Shares | 129.35 | 666 | 12.41% | 612,080 | Double-Long | |
| (RYLD ) | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | 15.26 | 1270 | 12.29% | 682,585 | -5.45% | Long |
| (SQQQ ) | ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ | 14.71 | 3232 | 12.23% | 104,232,555 | -60.40% | Triple-Short |
| (BIZD ) | VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF | 14.32 | 1533 | 11.97% | 2,578,260 | -11.77% | Long |
| (DUST ) | Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 2X Shares | 10.34 | 142 | 11.96% | 7,216,735 | -80.89% | Double-Short |
| (SPYI ) | NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF | 52.58 | 5577 | 11.65% | 2,303,010 | Long | |
| (NVDX ) | T-Rex 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF | 18.85 | 643 | 11.50% | 11,132,585 | Double-Long | |
| (JEPQ ) | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | 57.46 | 31131 | 10.40% | 4,979,685 | Long | |
| (BITX ) | Volatility Shares 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF | 66.08 | 2929 | 9.89% | 6,673,070 | Double-Long | |
| (GPIQ ) | Goldman Sachs Nasdaq 100 Core Premium Income ETF | 52.48 | 1758 | 9.71% | 687,270 | Long | |
| (PFFA ) | Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF | 21.9 | 1867 | 9.29% | 670,045 | -3.99% | Long |
| (REM ) | iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF | 21.93 | 593 | 9.06% | 742,755 | -4.90% | Long |
| (SRTY ) | ProShares UltraPro Short Russell2000 | 11.11 | 85 | 8.99% | 8,654,615 | -45.70% | Triple-Short |
| (RDVI ) | FT Cboe Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF | 26.06 | 2392 | 8.86% | 501,865 | Long | |
| (OMAH ) | VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF | 19.2 | 586 | 8.84% | 855,805 | N/A | Long |
| (SPXU ) | ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 | 13.22 | 568 | 8.43% | 26,420,744 | -45.84% | Triple-Short |
| (AMLP ) | Alerian MLP ETF | 46.25 | 10139 | 8.39% | 1,614,330 | -2.94% | Long |
| (JEPI ) | JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | 56.97 | 41272 | 8.34% | 4,695,735 | -3.69% | Long |
| (GPIX ) | Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Core Premium Income ETF | 52.22 | 1765 | 8.01% | 543,560 | Long | |
| (SRLN ) | SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF | 41.36 | 6969 | 7.73% | 3,074,610 | -0.74% | Long |
| (TSLZ ) | T-REX 2X Inverse Tesla Daily Target ETF | 0.6833 | 77 | 7.61% | 116,885,914 | -93.86% | Double-Short |
| (SPHY ) | SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF | 23.82 | 9504 | 7.43% | 3,847,920 | 0.00% | Long |
| (SDOW ) | ProShares UltraPro Short Dow30 | 35.13 | 216 | 7.34% | 2,708,465 | -32.80% | Triple-Short |
| (BKLN ) | Invesco Senior Loan ETF | 20.94 | 6715 | 7.33% | 7,925,680 | -0.57% | Long |
| (SJNK ) | SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF | 25.47 | 4939 | 7.24% | 3,389,055 | -0.27% | Long |
| (BITU ) | ProShares Ultra Bitcoin ETF | 63.51 | 1369 | 7.16% | 2,256,820 | Double-Long | |
| (TECS ) | Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3X Shares | 18.28 | 99 | 7.06% | 1,765,300 | -65.83% | Triple-Short |
| (SHYG ) | iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 43.08 | 7470 | 7.04% | 1,159,400 | Long | |
| (SCYB ) | Schwab High Yield Bond ETF | 26.56 | 1721 | 7.01% | 726,625 | Long | |
| (SDS ) | ProShares UltraShort S&P500 | 14.24 | 450 | 6.97% | 13,600,530 | -31.37% | Double-Short |
| (YANG ) | Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X Shares | 21.12 | 226 | 6.92% | 2,072,235 | -61.74% | Triple-Short |
| (USHY ) | iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 37.59 | 25428 | 6.79% | 11,569,895 | Long | |
| (QID ) | ProShares UltraShort QQQ | 21.04 | 325 | 6.69% | 14,080,700 | -42.05% | Double-Short |
| (JNK ) | SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF | 97.49 | 8255 | 6.55% | 3,957,155 | Long | |
| (PFF ) | iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF | 31.79 | 14782 | 6.43% | 2,853,240 | -4.16% | Long |
| (HYLB ) | X-trackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 36.94 | 3934 | 6.29% | 1,216,910 | Long | |
| (ANGL ) | VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF | 29.6 | 3126 | 6.12% | 637,890 | Long | |
| (FALN ) | iShares U.S. Fallen Angels ETF | 27.67 | 1848 | 6.12% | 997,350 | Long | |
| (FPE ) | First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF | 18.28 | 6223 | 6.11% | 1,210,685 | Long | |
| (VWOB ) | Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF | 66.85 | 5095 | 6.07% | 605,050 | Long | |
| (EMLC ) | VanEck Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF | 25.45 | 3787 | 5.98% | 2,454,935 | Long | |
| (PYLD ) | PIMCO Multisector Bond Active ETF | 26.74 | 8104 | 5.95% | 2,773,185 | Long | |
| (BINC ) | BlackRock Flexible Income ETF | 53.1 | 12887 | 5.92% | 2,357,835 | Long | |
| (CGMS ) | Capital Group U.S. Multi-Sector Income ETF | 27.8 | 3372 | 5.91% | 783,490 | Long | |
| (PSQ ) | ProShares Short QQQ | 30.71 | 535 | 5.86% | 5,264,225 | -22.31% | Short |
| (PGX ) | Invesco Preferred ETF | 11.69 | 3968 | 5.77% | 3,102,335 | -5.42% | Long |
| (JPIE ) | JPMorgan Income ETF | 46.25 | 5396 | 5.72% | 1,094,840 | Long | |
| (HYG ) | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 80.86 | 19617 | 5.70% | 35,113,078 | Long | |
| (JAAA ) | Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF | 50.59 | 25745 | 5.56% | 5,188,200 | -0.18% | Long |
| (TZA ) | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares | 7.75 | 297 | 5.56% | 40,435,129 | -43.92% | Triple-Short |
| (FDL ) | First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund | 43.54 | 5773 | 5.55% | 970,890 | Long | |
| (VCLT ) | Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 77.34 | 7710 | 5.40% | 3,937,255 | -3.24% | Long |
| (AVS ) | Direxion Daily AVGO Bear 1X Shares | 10.41 | 15 | 5.39% | 543,945 | N/A | Short |
| (EMB ) | iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | 95.09 | 15091 | 5.38% | 6,766,155 | Long | |
| (EBND ) | SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF | 21.29 | 2167 | 5.37% | 529,590 | Long | |
| (EWZ ) | iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 30.31 | 5785 | 5.30% | 26,108,574 | Long | |
| (ILF ) | iShares Latin America 40 ETF | 28.21 | 1925 | 5.28% | 1,871,245 | Long | |
| (FTCB ) | First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF | 21.32 | 1458 | 5.22% | 521,020 | -0.28% | Long |
| (SPLB ) | SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF | 23.02 | 906 | 5.15% | 3,107,745 | -3.11% | Long |
| (PAAA ) | PGIM AAA CLO ETF | 51.32 | 4570 | 5.14% | 613,645 | Long | |
| (DXD ) | ProShares UltraShort Dow30 | 21.75 | 51 | 5.13% | 1,299,160 | -20.65% | Double-Short |
| (FLTR ) | VanEck Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF | 25.48 | 2562 | 5.09% | 648,090 | Long | |
| (SPBO ) | SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF | 29.53 | 1819 | 5.08% | 950,045 | -0.51% | Long |
| (IGLB ) | iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 51.32 | 2607 | 5.06% | 1,070,335 | -2.66% | Long |
| (SH ) | ProShares Short S&P500 | 36.69 | 1011 | 5.03% | 4,972,420 | -15.69% | Short |
| (FLOT ) | iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF | 50.94 | 8899 | 5.01% | 1,721,340 | Long | |
| (FLRN ) | SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF | 30.76 | 2692 | 5.00% | 890,790 | Long |
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Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.
