QTR ETF — Global X NASDAQ 100® Tail Risk ETF

Global X NASDAQ 100® Tail Risk ETF (QTR)

Updated October 16, 2026.

QTR is an ETF. its distribution rate is 0.24%, its trailing-12-month yield is 16.92%, its expense ratio is 0.25%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 58/100 (Caution). Total return is 63.7% over the past 5.1 years, 18.7 points behind SPY at 82.4%.

Global X NASDAQ 100® Tail Risk ETF is an ETF that seeks to replicate the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index, which holds the stocks of the NASDAQ-100 Index while applying protective put options to manage downside risk. The fund offers a modest distribution rate with semi-annual distributions and charges an expense ratio of 0.25%. It may appeal to equity investors seeking NASDAQ-100 exposure with built-in downside protection through options strategies.

QTR performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 63.7% over the past 5.1 years, 18.7 points behind SPY at 82.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 11.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 12.3%.

QTR key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

58 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.14%

Issuer

Global X

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

08/25/2021

Expense ratio

0.25%

Distribution rate

0.24%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

16.92%

Last close

$33.52 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$10,550,780

Average volume

323.0

Dividend

$0.041

Ex-dividend date

06/29/2026

Payment date

07/02/2026

Beta

1.18

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.24%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (16.92%) 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: Global X or company page; 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.

QTR risks and drawbacks

QTR's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 12.3%.

Who may consider QTR — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (QTR pays semi-annual); 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.

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Frequently asked questions

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