YQQQ Total Return Analyzer

YieldMax QQQ Option Income Strategy ETF — See your real returns after distributions and NAV changes. Real yield: -9.6% (headline: 29.6%).

Price$10.38

Headline Yield29.6%

Real Yield-9.6%

NAV Change (1Y)-30.2%

YQQQ Total Return Analyzer

Investment Amount

Purchase Date

Reinvest?

Your REAL Return

-9.6%

$-956.02

Distributions Received

$2,063.48

36 payments

NAV Change

-30.2%

$-3,019.50

Current Value

$9,043.98

672.49 shares @ $10.38

Yield Reality Check

Headline yield vs actual yield after NAV change

Headline

29.6%

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Real

-9.6%

Distributions vs NAV — YQQQ

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

YQQQ DRIP calculator

Project YQQQ returns with DRIP

Pre-filled with live YQQQ 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 the YQQQ total return include?

YQQQ total return combines two components: the cumulative distributions you received from YQQQ over the holding period, and the change in NAV (share price) 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 exactly how much of your YQQQ 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 QQQ Option Income Strategy ETF (YQQQ) is issued by YieldMax. Sells call options on QQQ to generate weekly income. 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.

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