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Total Return Analyzer

A distribution rate is not a return. This measures what a fund actually produced — cumulative distributions set against the change in NAV over the same window.

YieldMax Ultra Short Option Income Strategy ETF — See your real returns after distributions and NAV changes. Real yield: -17.3% (headline: 98.0%).

Price$20.86
Headline Yield98.0%
Real Yield-17.3%
NAV Change (1Y)-58.3%
SLTY Total Return Analyzer

Your REAL Return

-17.3%

$-1,729.60

Distributions Received

$4,091.05

50 payments

NAV Change

-58.2%

$-5,820.66

Current Value

$8,270.40

200.16 shares @ $20.88

Yield Reality Check

Headline yield vs actual yield after NAV change

Headline

97.9%

Real

-17.3%

Distributions vs NAV — SLTY

Blue = share value, green bars = cumulative distributions, green line = total value, dashed = original investment.

SLTY DRIP calculator

Project SLTY returns with DRIP

Pre-filled with live SLTY data. Model 1, 5, or 10-year DRIP returns with after-tax math, adjustable yield assumptions, and Bull/Base/Bear scenarios.

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What does a total return figure include?

Total return combines two components: the cumulative distributions received over the holding period, and the change in NAV across the same window. Many high-yield funds advertise distribution rates that look spectacular in isolation but mask meaningful NAV erosion. The analyzer above shows how much of the return came from distributions versus price change — a 50% annualized distribution rate paired with a 30% NAV decline is a very different investment than a 50% distribution with flat NAV.

YieldMax Ultra Short Option Income Strategy ETF (SLTY) is issued by YieldMax. Ultra short duration option income strategy. Weekly distributions. That strategy directly shapes the gap between headline yield and real yield: option-premium and covered-call funds tend to show large gaps, while traditional dividend ETFs and index funds usually show small ones. How wide that gap becomes from here depends on the price movement and volatility of the names SLTY writes against. Assessing that means working through the holdings rather than studying the wrapper alone. Koyfin lets you screen and research those holdings individually 20% off for YieldMaxCalc readers.

For the detail behind each payment, see the SLTY dividend history. To project how future SLTY distributions compound under DRIP, open the SLTY dividend calculator.

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Move from historical return to a forward view

This page measures what SLTY has already returned. What comes next will depend on a basket of underlying positions, each with its own earnings outlook, valuation and volatility. Koyfin lets you screen them, research them individually, and compare them with SLTY on multi-ticker charts with distributions reinvested.

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