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ETFs Yielding 10% to 15% in 2026
89 ETFs with distribution yields from 10% to under 15%.
Data updated October 2026
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Who this page is for
Best for
- Aggressive income investors who size positions to limit single-fund exposure
- Satellite allocations alongside a core total-return portfolio
- Investors who track NAV trend and distribution coverage every month
Not a fit for
- Buy-and-forget investors — sustainability requires ongoing review
- Risk-averse retirees who cannot tolerate NAV drawdowns
- Tax-sensitive accounts; many of these funds distribute return of capital
Risks specific to this yield range
- NAV erosion is common — many double-digit yielders pay distributions partly from capital, shrinking the principal that generates future income.
- Single-stock or thematic options-strategy ETFs concentrate exposure to one underlying, amplifying drawdowns.
- Distribution coverage can deteriorate quickly when realized option premiums fall — yields are not contractual.
Analysis
Funds yielding 10%–15% typically rely on structural income-generation strategies rather than organic high dividends — options overlays (covered calls, put-writing), single-stock or sector-targeted premium income strategies, and BDC/credit-exposure vehicles like BIZD are common drivers. Among the top 10 funds shown, VistaShares, State Street, and Kurv appear multiple times, reflecting a concentration of premium-income and options-based products from newer or specialized issuers alongside established names. Monthly distributions dominate this top-10 slice, though weekly (FIZY, ODTE) and quarterly (BIZD) frequencies also appear, suggesting varied payout cadences even within a tight yield band.
- ACKY and XLII tie for the highest yield among the top 10 shown, both at 14.95%, despite very different expense ratios (0.95% vs. 0.35%).
- BIZD carries a notably elevated expense ratio of 9.69% relative to the group average of 1.21% for the full 10%–15% range, a significant cost outlier.
- AUM varies widely among the top 10 — from ODTE at $3M to OMAH at $1.1B — showing that high yield in this range is not confined to larger funds.
- State Street's sector-specific premium income ETFs (XLII, XLKI) post yields above 14.7% with some of the lowest expense ratios (0.35%) in the top 10 shown.
- Four distribution frequencies (Monthly, Annual, Quarterly, Weekly) are represented across the 89 funds in this range, indicating no single payout structure dominates.
Investors evaluating this yield band should weigh several risks: options-overlay funds often cap upside participation in exchange for premium income, limiting total return in strong markets; distributions at this yield level may include return of capital, which can erode NAV over time regardless of stated yield; BDC-focused funds like BIZD carry elevated expense ratios and credit/sector concentration risk tied to underlying business development company performance; and sector-specific premium income ETFs (e.g., industrials, technology) concentrate exposure in a single sector's volatility. Distribution sustainability should not be assumed constant, as yields calculated from trailing distributions may not reflect future payout levels.
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The most popular 10-15% yield ETFs by assets under management.
Distribution frequency breakdown
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Strategy breakdown
Common investment strategies and categories in this yield range.
Expense ratio overview
Monthly income on $10K (top 10)
Assumes current yield remains constant. Actual results will vary.
All 89 ETFs
| Ticker | Name | Issuer | Yield | Expense ratio | AUM | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACKY | VistaShares Bill Ackman Target 15 Income Fund | VistaShares | 14.95% | 0.95% | $46M | Monthly |
| XLII | State Street® Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Premium Income ETF | State Street | 14.95% | 0.35% | $16M | Monthly |
| KQQQ | Kurv Technology Titans Select ETF | Kurv | 14.93% | 0.99% | $134M | Monthly |
| OMAH | VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF | VistaShares | 14.84% | 0.98% | $1.1B | Monthly |
| SPUC | Simplify US Equity Income ETF | Simplify ETFs | 14.83% | 0.53% | $265M | Monthly |
| XLKI | State Street® Technology Select Sector SPDR® Premium Income ETF | State Street | 14.71% | 0.35% | $31M | Monthly |
| ISTM | iShares Strategic Metals ETF | iShares | 14.62% | 0.47% | $26M | Annual |
| BIZD | VanEck BDC Income ETF | VanEck | 14.55% | 9.69% | $1.4B | Quarterly |
| FIZY | Fitz-Gerald Must Have Portfolio® and Options Overlay ETF | Nicholas Wealth Management | 14.50% | 1.01% | $12M | Weekly |
| ODTE | VegaShares SPX NDX RTY Premium Income ETF | VegaShares | 14.42% | 0.76% | $3M | Weekly |
| SOXY | YieldMax Target 12™ Semiconductor Option Income ETF | YieldMax | 14.33% | 1.06% | $63M | Monthly |
| CAIE | Calamos Autocallable Income ETF | Calamos Investments | 14.30% | 0.74% | $1.4B | Monthly |
| MLPI | NEOS MLP & Energy Infrastructure High Income ETF | NEOS | 14.30% | 0.68% | $915M | Monthly |
| BITA | iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF | iShares | 14.21% | 0.65% | $98M | Monthly |
| XLYI | State Street® Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® Premium Income ETF | State Street | 14.21% | 0.35% | $42M | Monthly |
| QQQI | NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF | NEOS | 14.19% | 0.68% | $15.2B | Monthly |
| TSPY | TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF | TappAlpha | 14.18% | 0.77% | $366M | Monthly |
| XLVI | State Street® Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Premium Income ETF | State Street | 13.99% | 0.35% | $31M | Monthly |
| YYY | Amplify CEF High Income ETF | Amplify ETFs | 13.99% | 3.23% | $657M | Monthly |
| QVOL | Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF | InfraCap | 13.97% | 0.82% | $58M | Monthly |
| ANV | GraniteShares Autocallable NVDA ETF | GraniteShares | 13.85% | 1.07% | $8M | Monthly |
| ATCL | REX Autocallable Income ETF | REX Shares | 13.84% | 0.65% | $47M | Monthly |
| YGLD | Simplify Gold Strategy PLUS Income ETF | Simplify ETFs | 13.77% | 0.62% | $33M | Monthly |
| HYIN | WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund | WisdomTree | 13.68% | 4.34% | $46M | Monthly |
| EDGQ | Global X Nasdaq-100 Income Edge ETF | Global X | 13.59% | 0.50% | $12M | Weekly |
| LDDR | Stone Ridge 2035 Term Income ETF | Stone Ridge | 13.38% | 0.25% | $37M | Monthly |
| XCCC | BondBloxx CCC Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | BondBloxx | 13.31% | 0.40% | $227M | Monthly |
| WEPN | Nicholas Defense and Rare Earth Income ETF | Nicholas Wealth Management | 13.20% | 1.11% | $6M | Weekly |
| NUKX | Nicholas Nuclear Income ETF | Nicholas Wealth Management | 13.17% | 1.07% | $7M | Weekly |
| TLTP | Amplify TLT U.S. Treasury 12% Option Income ETF | Amplify ETFs | 13.02% | 0.39% | $29M | Monthly |
| ACEI | Innovator Equity Autocallable Income Strategy ETF | Innovator ETFs | 12.98% | 0.79% | $54M | Monthly |
| BIGY | YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF | YieldMax | 12.42% | 1.09% | $33M | Monthly |
| RIET | Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF | Hoya Capital Real Estate | 12.40% | 0.50% | $99M | Monthly |
| IAUI | NEOS Gold High Income ETF | NEOS | 12.39% | 0.79% | $664M | Monthly |
| CEFS | Saba Closed-End Funds ETF | Saba Capital Management | 12.35% | 2.61% | $432M | Monthly |
| SEPQ | STF Tactical Growth & Income ETF | STF Management | 12.34% | 0.65% | $95M | Monthly |
| FTKI | First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF | First Trust | 12.31% | 0.86% | $26M | Monthly |
| AMAX | Adaptive Hedged Multi-Asset Income ETF | Adaptive ETFs | 12.29% | 1.37% | $74M | Monthly |
| HIPS | GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF | GraniteShares | 12.24% | 1.17% | $95M | Monthly |
| WEEL | Peerless Option Income Wheel ETF | Peerless ETFs | 12.24% | 0.99% | $49M | Quarterly |
| BCI | abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF | Aberdeen | 12.19% | 0.26% | $3.5B | Annual |
| BRKC | YieldMax BRK.B Option Income Strategy ETF | YieldMax | 12.16% | 1.01% | $8M | Weekly |
| FTQI | First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF | First Trust | 12.14% | 0.75% | $1.0B | Monthly |
| JELH | Janus Henderson Equity Linked High Income ETF | Janus Henderson | 12.12% | 0.59% | $22M | Monthly |
| PCR | Simplify VettaFi Private Credit Strategy ETF | Simplify ETFs | 12.12% | 0.76% | $2M | Monthly |
| MLPD | Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF | Global X | 12.11% | 0.60% | $25M | Monthly |
| WTPI | WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund | WisdomTree | 12.11% | 0.44% | $550M | Monthly |
| LQDM | Amplify LQD Investment Grade 12% Target Income ETF | Amplify ETFs | 12.07% | 0.54% | $4M | Monthly |
| SPYI | NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF | NEOS | 12.01% | 0.68% | $12.6B | Monthly |
| SBAR | Simplify Barrier Income ETF | Simplify ETFs | 11.97% | 0.75% | $440M | Monthly |
| LITP | Sprott Lithium Miners ETF | Sprott | 11.89% | 0.65% | $28M | Annual |
| XRMI | Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF | Global X | 11.86% | 0.60% | $62M | Monthly |
| RNMN | RiverNorth Market Neutral ETF | RiverNorth | 11.85% | 0.92% | $7M | Annual |
| RNTY | YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF | YieldMax | 11.85% | 0.99% | $6M | Monthly |
| RYLD | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | Global X | 11.85% | 0.60% | $1.3B | Monthly |
| QRMI | Global X Nasdaq 100 Risk Managed Income ETF | Global X | 11.83% | 0.60% | $15M | Monthly |
| QYLD | Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF | Global X | 11.79% | 0.60% | $8.4B | Monthly |
| REM | iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF | iShares | 11.70% | 0.48% | $454M | Quarterly |
| SRET | Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF | Global X | 11.64% | 0.58% | $198M | Monthly |
| PBDC | Putnam BDC Income ETF | Putnam | 11.63% | 11.77% | $269M | Quarterly |
| ICAP | InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF | InfraCap | 11.61% | 2.47% | $115M | Monthly |
| JEPQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | JPMorgan | 11.57% | 0.35% | $43.2B | Monthly |
| XLCI | State Street® Communication Services Select Sector SPDR® Premium Income ETF | State Street | 11.53% | 0.35% | $3M | Monthly |
| QDVO | Amplify CWP Growth & Income ETF | Amplify ETFs | 11.42% | 0.56% | $788M | Monthly |
| MSFY | Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Microsoft ETF | Kurv | 11.25% | 0.99% | $12M | Monthly |
| IYRI | NEOS Real Estate High Income ETF | NEOS | 11.18% | 0.68% | $301M | Monthly |
| XLFI | State Street® Financial Select Sector SPDR® Premium Income ETF | State Street | 11.02% | 0.35% | $10M | Monthly |
| GPIQ | Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF | Goldman Sachs | 10.99% | 0.29% | $6.3B | Monthly |
| FBDC | FT Confluence BDC & Specialty Finance Income ETF | First Trust | 10.97% | 12.44% | $35M | Monthly |
| OVF | Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF | Overlay Shares | 10.97% | 0.83% | $65M | Monthly |
| FINY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST Financials ETF | GraniteShares | 10.95% | 1.07% | $740,357 | Weekly |
| ROCQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF | JPMorgan | 10.94% | 0.35% | $731M | Monthly |
| OVS | Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF | Overlay Shares | 10.80% | 0.83% | $41M | Monthly |
| PFFA | Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF | Virtus Investment Partners | 10.78% | 2.11% | $2.3B | Monthly |
| NDIV | Amplify Energy & Natural Resources Covered Call ETF | Amplify ETFs | 10.61% | 0.59% | $33M | Monthly |
| EGGQ | NestYield Visionary ETF | NestYield | 10.60% | 0.93% | $78M | Monthly |
| QQA | Invesco QQQ Income Advantage ETF | Invesco | 10.56% | 0.29% | $900M | Monthly |
| HYTI | FT Vest High Yield & Target Income ETF | First Trust | 10.54% | 0.65% | $94M | Monthly |
| AAPY | Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Apple ETF | Kurv | 10.52% | 0.99% | $8M | Monthly |
| OVL | Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF | Overlay Shares | 10.49% | 0.79% | $497M | Monthly |
| GRNI | Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap and Income ETF | Fundstrat | 10.39% | 0.99% | $59M | Monthly |
| WEEI | Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF | Westwood | 10.39% | 0.85% | $113M | Monthly |
| HTUS | Hull Tactical US ETF | Hull Tactical | 10.35% | 0.96% | $174M | Annual |
| CEFZ | RiverNorth Active Income ETF | RiverNorth | 10.17% | 2.82% | $41M | Monthly |
| HYGM | Amplify HYG High Yield 10% Target Income ETF | Amplify ETFs | 10.15% | 0.79% | $713,047 | Monthly |
| PAYM | TrueShares S&P Autocallable Defensive Income ETF | TrueShares | 10.15% | 0.74% | $164M | Monthly |
| THTA | SoFi Enhanced Yield ETF | SoFi | 10.12% | 0.65% | $64M | Monthly |
| FOXY | Simplify Currency Strategy ETF | Simplify ETFs | 10.05% | 0.81% | $217M | Monthly |
| ACYN | FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income ETF | First Trust | 10.03% | 0.75% | $2.4B | Monthly |
Frequently asked questions
Which ETFs yield between 10% and 15%?
There are currently 89 ETFs with distribution yields from 10% to under 15%. The highest-yielding include ACKY, XLII, KQQQ, OMAH, SPUC. Yields are based on the catalog's distribution-rate field. Verify each fund's methodology and date; rates may be annualized from a recent payment or use trailing cash.
How much income does $10,000 generate at 10-15% yield?
At the average yield of 12.33% for ETFs in this range, a hypothetical $10,000 allocation would correspond to approximately $103 per month or $1233 per year if that rate persisted. This is arithmetic, not a forecast. Payments and capital value can fall.
Are double-digit yield ETFs sustainable?
Some 10-15% yields come from option premium or leverage rather than underlying dividends. Those payouts can fall when volatility drops or NAV erodes. Use trailing yield, payout history, and Distribution Safety Score™ alongside the headline rate.
What usually drives 10-15% ETF yields?
This range often includes options-income, high-yield bond, preferred, and specialty equity funds. The source of yield matters because option premium, credit spread income, and ordinary dividends respond to different risks.
What is the cheapest 10-15% yield ETF by expense ratio?
Expense ratios in this yield range vary. The median expense ratio is 1.21%. Compare fees without subtracting them again from yields or returns already reported net of expenses. Sort by expense ratio and find the lowest-cost option.
Which 10-15% yield ETFs pay monthly dividends?
Monthly payers in this range include ACKY, XLII, KQQQ. Monthly distributions are popular with income investors who want regular cash flow. See the frequency breakdown above for the full count.
What is the largest 10-15% yield ETF by assets?
JEPQ is the largest fund in this range with $43.2B in assets under management. AUM alone does not establish trading costs; check current bid-ask spreads, premiums or discounts, and underlying liquidity.
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