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  1. High-Yield Prospects: February 18 Edition
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High-Yield Prospects: February 18 Edition

Sneha ShahFeb 18, 2026
2026-02-18

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 118 ETFs made it to our list of high-yield prospects this month. ProShares Ultra Bitcoin ETF (BITU ), YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs (YMAX A), and YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF (NVDY A) 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 January 28th click here.

High-Yield ETFs

TickerNamePriceAUM ($MM)Dividend Yield20 Day Avg Vol1-Year ReturnLeverage
(BITU )ProShares Ultra Bitcoin ETF12.5435188.72%7,336,970-74.66%Double-Long
(YMAX A)YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs8.4649981.42%2,650,460-49.16%Long
(NVDY A)YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF13.721,46081.27%5,007,570-34.51%Long
(YMAG A)YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs12.8633952.33%1,465,730-29.30%Long
(GDXY A)YieldMax Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF16.9829650.58%964,3400.056Long
(MST )Defiance Leveraged Long plus Income MSTR ETF3.711448.34%625,035N/ADouble-Long
(QDTE A)Roundhill N-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF29.5889347.49%765,410-26.64%Long
(PLTU )Direxion Daily PLTR Bull 2X Shares ETF37.6237745.52%2,946,745-38.92%Double-Long
(BTCI )NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF34.6488944.82%885,955-42.64%Long
(GOOY A)YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF13.7422543.80%515,325-4.38%Long
(BITX C+)Volatility Shares 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF15.8484937.60%14,274,520-69.82%Double-Long
(AVL )Direxion Daily AVGO Bull 2X Shares37.5519034.09%707,1550.1189Double-Long
(BLOX )Nicholas Crypto Income ETF15.321830.22%589,060N/ALong
(JDST A)Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 3X Shares1.554525.55%59,209,090-92.29%Triple-Short
(DUST A-)Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 2X Shares4.4414420.95%94,886,320-89.75%Double-Short
(SVOL )Simplify Volatility Premium ETF16.9460120.72%534,300-20.95%Long
(CONY A)YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF26.8440620.26%609,925-79.18%Long
(SOXS B)Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares1.7699519.20%591,751,250-90.87%Triple-Short
(TSLY A+)YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF33.731,00617.21%928,710-43.69%Long
(FTGC A)First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund24.441,97416.87%689,750-4.72%Long
(TLTW B)iShares 20 plus Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF23.231,75415.21%1,653,025-1.73%Long
(ULTY A)YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF34.451,15114.54%784,725-58.39%Long
(OMAH )VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF18.3267614.42%720,205N/ALong
(QQQI A)NEOS Nasdaq 100 High Income ETF52.488,02114.21%6,098,805-2.92%Long
(MUD )Direxion Daily MU Bear 1X Shares3.796414.20%21,981,410-84.29%Short
(XXRP )Teucrium 2x Long Daily XRP ETF4.579513.35%2,656,125N/ADouble-Long
(MSTY A)YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF23.921,12212.49%1,878,095-80.65%Long
(BIZD B-)VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF13.421,52312.45%2,842,535-23.14%Long
(MORT B)VanEck Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF10.8238012.39%1,955,805-5.34%Long
(MSFU A-)Direxion Daily MSFT Bull 1.5X Shares27.5622412.26%4,151,150-24.78%Double-Long
(NFXL )Direxion Daily NFLX Bull 2X Shares ETF20.1314012.13%1,420,300-59.32%Double-Long
(NVD A-)GraniteShares 2x Short NVDA Daily ETF7.168211.82%52,353,074-71.37%Double-Short
(SPYI A)NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF52.197,46211.81%4,419,8050.0004Long
(RYLD A)Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF15.691,32711.64%1,020,170-6.38%Long
(QYLD A-)Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF17.558,20511.58%9,703,240-6.40%Long
(JEPQ A+)JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF57.5133,18611.46%6,695,755-1.03%Long
(PTIR A-)GraniteShares 2x Long PLTR Daily ETF13.7438411.30%5,731,665-29.07%Double-Long
(GPIQ A)Goldman Sachs Nasdaq 100 Core Premium Income ETF51.392,81611.07%1,115,0500.0192Long
(ETHT )ProShares Ultra Ether ETF15.4814510.64%2,467,325-73.85%Double-Long
(XYLD A)Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF40.613,16010.48%867,430-5.07%Long
(FAS A-)Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares138.012,11210.02%764,625-23.64%Triple-Long
(AAPU B+)Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 1.5X Shares29.172499.96%3,404,920-14.88%Double-Long
(FTHI A-)First Trust High Income ETF23.731,9709.42%757,255-0.04%Long
(PFFA )Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF21.872,1829.34%965,160-0.91%Long
(SDIV A-)Global X SuperDividend ETF25.931,2068.88%777,7000.2208Long
(GPIX A)Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Core Premium Income ETF52.262,9278.86%837,8350.0338Long
(CAIE )Calamos Autocallable Income ETF26.376258.80%609,195N/ALong
(RDVI A-)FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF27.042,7958.57%597,8600.07Long
(JEPI A)JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF59.3143,7108.54%5,510,4850.0005Long
(AMZU A)Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 1.5X Shares25.232378.49%4,128,470-44.38%Double-Long
(REM B)iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF22.796698.46%1,030,960-1.04%Long
(SRLN A+)SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF40.626,3538.40%7,246,290-2.64%Long
(TECL B+)Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares103.573,4858.16%1,514,2900.0893Triple-Long
(SPHY )SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF23.7410,4987.94%5,858,4000.0004Long
(FLBL )Franklin Liberty Senior Loan ETF23.119457.83%535,625-4.82%Long
(AMLP A-)Alerian MLP ETF51.3111,5617.74%1,965,080-0.14%Long
(SJNK A)SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF25.315,3187.67%3,454,445-0.75%Long
(SHYG A-)iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF42.848,1107.61%2,401,040-0.51%Long
(TSDD B)GraniteShares 2x Short TSLA Daily ETF8.59657.58%30,795,510-77.92%Double-Short
(SCYB )Schwab High Yield Bond ETF26.492,2627.57%1,205,1250.0038Long
(USHY A)iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF37.4925,7167.34%12,375,4950.007Long
(JNK A-)SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF97.487,9237.10%4,105,7000.0095Long
(BKLN A)Invesco Senior Loan ETF20.647,5117.00%21,458,125-1.95%Long
(HYLB B+)X-trackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF36.943,5426.83%1,203,6650.0121Long
(FALN A-)iShares U.S. Fallen Angels ETF27.591,8716.77%757,8250.0222Long
(PFF A+)iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF31.6914,1266.71%3,298,745-0.03%Long
(PFFD )Global X U.S. Preferred ETF19.422,2656.71%592,815-1.62%Long
(PFXF A)VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF18.432,1736.71%713,7750.0598Long
(ANGL A-)VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF29.73,1366.67%684,2900.027Long
(PYLD )PIMCO Multisector Bond Active ETF26.9111,6506.60%3,936,1850.0291Long
(HGER A)Harbor All-Weather Inflation Focus ETF26.931,8696.53%853,1600.1282Long
(VRP A-)Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF24.552,4166.42%587,0600.0049Long
(KWEB B)KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF32.797,9356.39%27,743,279-4.51%Long
(VWOB A)Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF68.155,7336.36%849,1050.0622Long
(SDOW A)ProShares UltraPro Short Dow3029.31686.33%5,776,160-33.47%Triple-Short
(BINC A-)BlackRock Flexible Income ETF53.1716,4386.23%2,011,6550.0151Long
(TZA A-)Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares6.122266.23%109,822,891-49.55%Triple-Short
(EMLC A+)VanEck Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF26.484,8096.22%5,521,2050.1149Long
(HYG A-)iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF80.8518,0466.19%41,292,0200.0148Long
(DIVO A-)Amplify CWP Dividend & Option Income ETF46.596,3296.18%874,8100.0924Long
(FPE A)First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF18.386,4906.12%1,552,1200.0308Long
(TWM A)ProShares UltraShort Russell200028.04386.12%538,675-34.15%Double-Short
(JPIE )JPMorgan Income ETF46.497,7456.07%1,397,7250.0151Long
(QID A)ProShares UltraShort QQQ21.092555.99%30,576,295-29.25%Double-Short
(TSLL A-)Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 1.5X Shares15.935,4315.99%77,375,969-21.41%Double-Long
(PGX A-)Invesco Preferred ETF11.454,0305.95%4,591,600-1.55%Long
(EBND A)SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF21.832,3075.90%526,7300.0828Long
(VCLT A+)Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF77.277,7195.86%6,106,9750.0233Long
(PCY B+)Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF21.991,2845.83%529,1350.0806Long
(TSMX )Direxion Daily TSM Bear 2X Shares ETF69.623555.68%768,1751.3842Double-Short
(AMDD )Direxion Daily AMD Bear 1X Shares9.1895.65%11,000,350-63.05%Short
(JAAA )Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF50.7326,2025.64%7,163,495-0.29%Long
(SPLB A)SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF23.011,2465.60%4,325,5300.024Long
(CGMS B)Capital Group U.S. Multi-Sector Income ETF27.794,2055.52%1,087,5750.0102Long
(IGLB A-)iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF51.372,8155.48%2,016,8400.0288Long
(PAAA B)PGIM AAA CLO ETF51.426,9445.48%2,457,4700.0004Long
(BOND B)PIMCO Total Return Active ETF94.257,2775.47%520,1800.0354Long
(DBMF B+)iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF30.382,4575.46%1,131,1000.1378Long
(SPBO A)SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF29.631,8495.46%518,2650.0292Long
(TECS B)Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3X Shares18.55865.43%4,169,285-56.69%Triple-Short
(JMBS A-)Janus Henderson Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF46.286,6815.42%1,549,0200.0438Long
(CRWU )T-REX 2X Long CRWV Daily Target ETF7.945225.39%1,335,375N/ADouble-Long
(SCHI )Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF23.1610,3665.38%2,923,5750.0442Long
(EMB A-)iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF97.4217,0295.35%9,908,1350.074Long
(FLTR B+)VanEck Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF25.542,5555.33%863,6400.0012Long
(FTCB B)First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF21.432,0635.33%811,1900.0338Long
(JCPB )JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF47.8959,7805.26%1,437,5450.0334Long
(FLRN B+)SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF30.792,7745.24%1,030,2200.00%Long
(DBEF B+)X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF51.298,7585.21%834,3950.1549Long
(ERY A-)Direxion Daily Energy Bear 2x Shares13.31165.21%520,420-42.16%Double-Short
(GOVZ B-)iShares 25 plus Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF9.643295.20%938,935-3.50%Long
(SMBS )Schwab Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF25.986,1005.20%597,2550.0404Long
(FLOT A)iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF50.959,2475.17%1,940,395-0.08%Long
(IBDW )iShares iBonds Dec 2031 Term Corporate ETF21.2852,2165.14%585,5150.0408Long
(PULS )PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF49.7213,3465.14%2,980,9200.0012Long
(IBDU )iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Corporate ETF23.523,5795.02%736,7600.0284Long
(UCON A)First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF25.353,2365.01%580,7100.028Long
(IDVO )Amplify International Enhanced Dividend Income ETF42.768865.00%515,5600.3202Long


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