Benchmark vs. Income vs. Lift ETFs: Who's Winning?
YTD Total Return (as of Aug 7, 2026):
Nasdaq 100 cluster
🥇 TDAX (TDAQ Lift ETF) +15.80%
🥈 QQQ (Invesco QQQ Trust) +15.75% 🥉 XQQI (NEOS Nasdaq 100 High Income) +13.27%, yield around 19 to 23%
S&P 500 cluster
🥇 XSPI (NEOS S&P 500 High Income) +11.80%, yield around 15 to 18%
🥈 SPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF) +11.79%
🥉 TSYX (TSPY Lift ETF) +8.35%
XSPI basically matched SPY while also paying out high monthly income, that's the one to watch. XQQI capped too much upside during the tech rally.
TDAX's leverage worked in its favor, but TSYX got hurt by volatility decay during the spring pullback.
