OPTZ ETF — Optimize Strategy Index ETF

Optimize Strategy Index ETF (OPTZ)

Updated October 16, 2026.

OPTZ is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.48%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.48%, its expense ratio is 0.25%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 73.4% over the past 2.5 years, 18.0 points ahead of SPY at 55.4%.

Optimize Strategy Index ETF is an ETF that tracks the Optimize Broad Market Index, a proprietary index designed to generate returns exceeding the broader U.S. equity market over a full economic cycle through passive management. The fund carries a modest expense ratio of 0.25% and distributes dividends at a low rate. The ETF may appeal to investors seeking broad U.S. equity exposure with a focus on outperformance relative to the overall market.

OPTZ performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 73.4% over the past 2.5 years, 18.0 points ahead of SPY at 55.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 25.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 13.4%.

OPTZ key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Optimize

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/22/2024

Expense ratio

0.25%

Distribution rate

0.48%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

0.48%

Last close

$43.57 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$272,531,426

Average volume

13384.0

Dividend

$0.21

Ex-dividend date

12/23/2025

Payment date

12/24/2025

Beta

1.378

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.48%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.48%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. 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: Optimize; 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.

OPTZ risks and drawbacks

OPTZ's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 13.4%.

Who may consider OPTZ — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (OPTZ pays annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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