GOLY ETF — Strategy Shares - Strategy Shares Gold-Hedged Bond ETF

Strategy Shares - Strategy Shares Gold-Hedged Bond ETF (GOLY)

Updated October 8, 2026.

GOLY is a low-cost ETF. its distribution rate is 5.40%, its trailing-12-month yield is 8.93%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 29/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is 21.5% over the past 5.4 years, 80.7 points behind SPY at 102.2%.

At the current 5.40% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $540 per year, or $45.00 per month.

Strategy Shares Gold-Hedged Bond ETF is a fixed income fund that combines bond holdings with gold hedging strategies to manage interest rate and inflation risks. The fund distributes income monthly at a current high distribution rate. The fund's expense ratio information is not currently available.

GOLY performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-08.

Total return is 21.5% over the past 5.4 years, 80.7 points behind SPY at 102.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -24.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 38.5%.

GOLY key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

29 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.57%

Issuer

Strategy Shares

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

05/17/2021

Distribution rate

5.40%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

8.93%

Last close

$24.23 (as of 2026-10-08)

AUM

$73,923,867

Average volume

12503.0

Last dividend

$0.109

Last ex-dividend date

09/14/2026

Last payment date

09/15/2026

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (5.40%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (8.93%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Strategy Shares; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

GOLY risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 38.5%.

Who may consider GOLY — and who may not

GOLY may suit someone looking for low-cost broad dividend exposure, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

Frequently asked questions

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