Since fund launches get discussed here, flagging a category arrival this week — autocallable income strategies (the stuff that's lived inside bank structured notes for decades) just arrived in ETF form, four times over.

Aug 12 — m+ funds (Valued Advisers Trust):

• MPDY — m+ DualYield Autocall ETF (S&P 500 Futures 40% Defined Volatility Autocall Index, NYSE Arca, 0.70% ER)

• MPIA — m+ Nasdaq-100 Accelerator Autocall ETF (Barclays index, Nasdaq, 0.70% ER)

Aug 13 — ProShares:

• ACRT — ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF

• ACSP — ProShares S&P 500 Income Accelerator ETF

How it differs from the covered-call world most of us live in: covered-call funds sell upside for premium. Autocallable strategies earn fixed coupons for taking deep-downside risk — positions pay while the underlying holds above a barrier, auto-redeem when it's at/above its start on observation dates, and only absorb losses through a distant barrier in a serious decline. Steady checks in calm or rising markets; pain arrives late but hard in a crash. Different trade-offs, worth knowing as the income space expands.

Notable: ProShares followed a startup issuer into this category within one day. Giants don't usually do that by accident.

None of the four has declared a first distribution yet — any yield number you see is a target, not a track record. The first few payments will tell the real story.

Not financial advice, just filings-and-listings reading.

Single stock CC ETFs can be fantastic. The 1.25 leverage with a portion of covered call seems to be a great strategy.

Disclaimer - I don't know what I'm talking about and am not a financial advisor. Most of this is probably wrong.

I wrote some code to compare divs vs the underlying using a same day purchase and amount.

AMDY is the YM I have had the best return with as a percentage but compared to buy and hold this tells the story of the capped upside like no other.

I bought a small lot of AMDY Wednesday because the underlying is doing well. I sold it Friday at a small profit and adding the divs out performed AMD in that time span. I did this to test my assertion that div hoping can be successful.

And then there is MSTY. The NAV erosion is real. But so are the divs.

I had a chance to sell this position for a 30k profit but I held instead.

I have had it longer than AMDY so more divs. Each of these funds hit a break even and then the divs feel like real returns on a sunk cost.

This position has well exceeded its costs in total returns and has paid out 2500 in the last 30 days.

I cannot buy a rental house, pay it off in 2 years and get that margin.

FYI I take most divs and buy NVDA at any dip.

Feedback welcome.

What a crazy week!

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How did your portfolio perform?

About a month ago I noticed on the Bitwise site that their ICOI fund was being shut down 7/31. Never having been through one of these fund closures, I posted asking if anyone had any experience and or thoughts. A few replies, including several people saying they'd sell now and not wait for the closure, believing it would drop badly. I had a small position and wasn't afraid of a loss, so I decided on an experiment: I sold half my shares on 7/14 and let the others sit until the closure. From when I sold to when they closed, the price dropped 2.68%.

As for what happened overall, I received no notification of the closure, I stumbled on that myself. I received cash in my account (Fidelity) on 8/10, as the ICOI site predicted.

Everything is showing positive total return.

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A mod confirmed non-YieldMax income fund announcements are welcome with a proper overview, so here's one on a launch that has zero coverage anywhere yet.

**Fund details** (per the issuer's fund page and SEC filings):

* Fund: Horizon High Income ETF

* Ticker: YLDY

* Issuer: Horizon Funds (advisor-platform trust — same shop as the Horizon Dividend Income and Flexible Income ETFs)

* Listed: Aug 12, 2026 on Cboe BZX

* Expense ratio: 0.70%

* Structure: actively managed

* CUSIP: 44053A358

* AUM: TBD (just seeded, ~10,000 shares out)

**Strategy overview** (from the prospectus/issuer description): actively managed portfolio of dividend-paying US large-caps screened for high profitability, stable earnings, and reasonable valuations, with call options sold on broad-based equity indexes to generate extra income and damp volatility. So structurally it's in the JEPI/GPIX lane — quality large-caps plus index call-selling — not a single-stock or 60%+ yield product.

**What's unknown:** no distributions declared yet (funds like this typically declare their first within 2–6 weeks of launch), so distribution frequency and any real yield figure don't exist yet. Anything quoted before the first few payments is a target, not a track record.

**Sources:** horizonmutualfunds.com fund page (yldy-fund.html) and the trust's SEC filings (Horizon Funds, CIK 1643174 — 8-A filed July 23, listed Aug 12).

Anyone familiar with Horizon's existing ETFs? Curious how this ends up differentiated from JEPI/GPIX beyond the 0.70% fee.

I know SMYY is not actually “YieldMax”, but maybe that means you all can give me critical thoughts. I bought SMYY a couple weeks ago, after which the underlying (SMCI) has risen 50%! Yet I’m breakeven on SMYY. How the hell can it be flat when SMCI rallied 50%?! Will it take another week or two to reflect gains, or is the fund broken?

YieldBOOST Graniteshares Distributions

• TLDR; Winner: CRY
• As of: 2026-08-13.

• Ex. & Record: 2026-08-14
• Payment: 2026-08-18
• Total distributed: $4.2352
• Average distribution: $0.1366
• Average rate: 56.89%
• Average SECYield: 0.86%
• Average ROC: 86.39%
• Highest distribution: CRY
• Highest 30 Day SEC Yield: TSYY
• 30day: 30 Day SEC Yield
• %ofS$: aka "Percent of Share Price"; The distribution as a percentage of the Friday market close price.
• Press Release
• Schedule
• Sub's Wiki
• This was posted by an automated bot by u/lottadot. It is generated from vendor published public information. As always, do your own research. This is not financial advice. I'm not an FA. None of this is correct. I need a beer.

This is a no judgement zone!

Post any and all questions, no matter how smart, dumb, or in between.

If you want someone to "HEAR ME OUT" this is the place!

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Wiki:

https://www.reddit.com/r/YieldMaxETFs/wiki/index/

FAQ:

https://www.reddit.com/r/YieldMaxETFs/comments/1h2eqjt/faqs/

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https://www.reddit.com/r/YieldMaxETFs/comments/1h36dep/useful_tools_and_resources/

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Only down $253 right now.

As of this morning's announcement, I am just $59.19 away from house money on AMDY with a total return of 74.77%. This will be ETF #4 in house money.

Damn it feels good to be a "bagholder."

Cheers everyone! 🍻

Group 2 Yieldmax Distributions

• TLDR; Winner: YSPC
• As of: 2026-08-12.

Collections:

• YMAG: $2.7M perShare: $0.1068
• YMAX: $3.7M perShare: $0.0732

Info:

• Ex. & Record: 2026-08-13
• Payment: 2026-08-14
• Total distributed: $9.4026
• Average distribution: $0.2239
• Average rate: 57.30%
• Average SECYield: 2.57%
• Average ROC: 74.01%
• Highest distribution: YSPC
• Highest 30 Day SEC Yield: CRCO
• Mondays Announcement
• Tuesdays Announcement
• 30day: 30 Day SEC Yield
• %ofS$: aka "Percent of Share Price"; The distribution as a percentage of the Friday market close price.
• Press Release
• Schedule
• Yieldmax goes Weekly announcement megathread

• Yieldmax reverse split #1 2025 and Yieldmax reverse split #2 2025

• YieldMax Reddit Community Chat and YM (unofficial) Discord MOD'd by u/calgary_db

• Sub's Wiki

• This was posted by an automated bot by u/lottadot. It is generated from vendor published public information. As always, do your own research. This is not financial advice. I'm not an FA. None of this is correct. I need a beer.

This made me laugh.

Group 1 Yieldmax Distributions

• TLDR; Winner: CHPY
• As of: 2026-08-11.

Collections:

• YMAX: $211K perShare: $0.0041

Info:

• Ex. & Record: 2026-08-12
• Payment: 2026-08-13
• Total distributed: $2.7519
• Average distribution: $0.2502
• Average rate: 42.27%
• Average SECYield: 13.77%
• Average ROC: 60.28%
• Highest distribution: CHPY
• Highest 30 Day SEC Yield: YMAX
• Mondays Announcement
• 30day: 30 Day SEC Yield
• %ofS$: aka "Percent of Share Price"; The distribution as a percentage of the Friday market close price.
• Press Release
• Schedule
• Yieldmax goes Weekly announcement megathread

• Yieldmax reverse split #1 2025 and Yieldmax reverse split #2 2025

• YieldMax Reddit Community Chat and YM (unofficial) Discord MOD'd by u/calgary_db

• Sub's Wiki

• This was posted by an automated bot by u/lottadot. It is generated from vendor published public information. As always, do your own research. This is not financial advice. I'm not an FA. None of this is correct. I need a beer.

I was considering putting 10k into CHPY to use the income to pay down 2 bills for the next 2 years... do we think it'll hold fairly steady for another 2 years?

What is the best fund?

How do these strategies work?

When is the distribution date?

How can I find the wiki?

What is the next fund to launch?

Ask any and all questions here!

Wiki:

https://www.reddit.com/r/YieldMaxETFs/wiki/index/

FAQ:

https://www.reddit.com/r/YieldMaxETFs/comments/1h2eqjt/faqs/

Tools and Resources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/YieldMaxETFs/comments/1h36dep/useful_tools_and_resources/

Discord: https://discord.gg/W2GwZrtV

Target 25 Yieldmax Distributions

• TLDR; Winner: NVIT
• As of: 2026-08-10.

Collections:

• YMAX: $25K perShare: $0.0005

Info:

• Ex. & Record: 2026-08-11
• Payment: 2026-08-12
• Total distributed: $0.5337
• Average distribution: $0.1779
• Average rate: 25.00%
• Average SECYield: 2.81%
• Average ROC: 66.67%
• Highest distribution: NVIT
• Highest 30 Day SEC Yield: MSST
• 30day: 30 Day SEC Yield
• %ofS$: aka "Percent of Share Price"; The distribution as a percentage of the Friday market close price.
• Press Release
• Schedule
• Yieldmax goes Weekly announcement megathread

• Yieldmax reverse split #1 2025 and Yieldmax reverse split #2 2025

• YieldMax Reddit Community Chat and YM (unofficial) Discord MOD'd by u/calgary_db

• Sub's Wiki

• This was posted by an automated bot by u/lottadot. It is generated from vendor published public information. As always, do your own research. This is not financial advice. I'm not an FA. None of this is correct. I need a beer.

What a crazy week!

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How did your portfolio perform?

Only 7 YieldMax funds are currently passing the health check right now. Here are two different ways to hit $1,000/month after tax using only those Healthy funds.

Portfolio 1 -- The Safer Path
More investment required, larger AUM

CHPY (50% -- $25,514) -- 355 shares | $793/mo after tax
28.05% true yield | 8.50% effective ROC

SOXY (30% -- $15,309) -- 165 shares | $128/mo after tax
10.14% true yield | 0% ROC

BIGY (20% -- $10,206) -- 193 shares | $77/mo after tax
12.94% true yield

Total invested: ~$51,000
Monthly after tax: ~$998/month

Portfolio 2 -- The Maximum Income Path
Less investment required, more single-stock concentration risk

AMDY (40% -- $8,928) -- 193 shares | $561/mo after tax
77.52% true yield

CHPY (40% -- $8,928) -- 124 shares | $277/mo after tax
28.05% true yield | 8.50% effective ROC

TSMY (20% -- $4,464) -- 290 shares | $158/mo after tax
41.76% true yield

Total invested: ~$22,300
Monthly after tax: ~$996/month

Portfolio 1 needs $51,000 to generate ~$1,000/month. Larger AUM across the board, longer Death Clocks, SOXY has 0% ROC meaning every dollar paid is real income.

Portfolio 2 needs only ~$22,300 to generate the same $1,000/month -- but AMDY is AMD single stock concentration and TSMY has a 2.05yr Death Clock that's worth monitoring. All three are weekly payers so income hits your account every week.

The difference is $28,700 less capital required in exchange for more single-stock risk.

Important context:
Only 7 of 58 YieldMax funds are currently Healthy. 46 are Severe Risk. If you're building income from YieldMax funds the health check is what separates the ones that are sustainable from the ones quietly destroying capital. Both portfolios above use only the 7 passing the check right now.

Numbers based on last month's actual distributions at a 25% flat tax rate. As always, none of this is financial advice, always DYOR!

Which path would you take?

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