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All funds Evolve

Evolve covered call and yield ETFs

We track 24 Evolve funds: 7 enhanced covered call, 7 sector covered call, 3 bond covered call, 2 fund-of-funds covered call, 2 index covered call, 2 cash and HISA and 1 preferred share. The highest on our Income Durability Score are BANK (90), QQQY (84) and EBNK (83).

Yields, fees and holdings are from Evolve's own published documents; each fund page links to its official page.

CompareTicker ⇅FundTypeScore ▼Yield ⇅1-yr return ⇅Fee ⇅Worst drop ⇅Risk rating ⇅Liquidity ⇅
BANKEvolve Canadian Banks and Lifecos Enhanced Yield IndexEnhanced 1.25x 9016.1%+38.6%0.82%-20.2%Med–highVery high
QQQYEvolve NASDAQ Technology Enhanced Yield IndexSector 8414.6%+6.7%0.72%-13.7%Med–highMedium
EBNKEvolve European Banks Enhanced YieldSector 8310.6%+19.8%0.87%-20.1%HighMedium
ETSXEvolve S&P/TSX 60 Enhanced YieldIndex 829.1%+15.1%0.68%-7.9%MediumLow
ESPXEvolve S&P 500® Enhanced YieldIndex 8010.8%+7.1%0.66%-9.0%MediumLow
OILYEvolve Canadian Energy Enhanced Yield IndexEnhanced 1.25x 7916.2%+28.3%0.86%-11.3%HighMedium
CALLEvolve US Banks Enhanced YieldSector 7811.0%+13.4%0.62%-45.3%HighLow
CANYEvolve Canadian Equity UltraYieldEnhanced 1.33x 7820.2%+19.9%0.61%-2.7%Med–highHigh
DIVSEvolve Active Canadian Preferred SharePreferred 765.1%+7.6%0.89%-38.4%MediumVery low
LIFEEvolve Global Healthcare Enhanced YieldSector 7611.9%+8.0%0.64%-12.1%MediumMedium
BASEEvolve Global Materials & Mining Enhanced Yield IndexSector 7412.0%+20.3%0.77%-31.7%HighLow
UTESEvolve Canadian Utilities Enhanced Yield IndexEnhanced 1.25x 7320.0%+4.7%0.85%-12.4%MediumVery high
BONDEvolve Enhanced Yield BondBond 5813.7%-5.6%0.78%-10.6%Low–medMedium
BIGYEvolve US Equity UltraYieldEnhanced 1.33x 5731.4%-12.3%0.61%-23.6%HighVery high
AGGEvolve Canadian Aggregate Bond Enhanced YieldBond 566.6%-0.2%0.77%-2.8%LowLow
MIDBEvolve Enhanced Yield Mid Term BondBond 5010.7%-3.4%0.75%-6.3%Low–medLow
CFINEvolve Canadian Financials YieldSector newn/a12.6%–0.60%–MediumVery low
CUTEEvolve Canadian Utilities YieldSector newn/a15.4%–0.60%–MediumVery low
EASYEvolve All-in-One UltraYieldFund-of-funds 1.33x newn/a27.9%––-4.8%Med–highHigh
HISAHigh Interest Savings AccountCash n/a2.3%+2.0%0.16%0.0%LowVery high
INTYEvolve International Equity UltraYieldEnhanced 1.33x newn/a30.7%–0.60%-6.2%Med–highMedium
MCADPremium Cash ManagementCash n/a2.5%+2.2%0.27%-0.1%LowLow
SIXYEvolve Big Six Canadian Banks UltraYield IndexEnhanced 1.33x newn/a21.6%–0.60%-4.7%HighVery high
TECYEvolve NASDAQ Technology UltraYieldFund-of-funds 1.33x newn/a––––HighVery low
Type

What the fund sells calls on.

The fund owns stocks and sells the right to buy them at a set price. It collects a fee (premium) for that right, which is paid out as income. In exchange, big rises in the stocks are partly given up. A tag such as 1.25x marks leverage; "new" means under 12 months of history, too short to score.

Full definition in the glossary →

Income Durability Score

Out of 100, coloured from red (0) to green (100).

How well the fund has turned its yield into something you could actually keep. It is built from income, capital, risk and cost measures with fixed, published weights.

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Yield

A year of distributions divided by today's unit price. A high yield is not a high return: if the price falls as much as you were paid, you have gained nothing.

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Total return

This column is the total return over the last 12 months.

Price change plus all distributions, assuming distributions are reinvested. This is the number that tells you whether the payout was earned.

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MER

Management expense ratio: the fund's yearly management fee and operating costs as a share of its value, already taken out of returns. Trading costs come on top, as the trading expense ratio (TER) in the fund's ETF Facts; the score's fee measure adds the two.

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Worst drop (maximum drawdown)

The biggest fall from a high to a later low, in total return, so paying out a distribution does not count as a fall. A fund that fell 30% needs a 43% gain to get back.

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Risk rating

The fund company's own rating from Low to High, in its ETF Facts, based on how much the fund's returns have varied. It describes past ups and downs, not the chance of a future loss.

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Liquidity

How easily you can buy or sell without moving the price, rated Very high to Very low by the average dollars traded per day. Thinly traded funds can have wide gaps between the buying and selling price; use limit orders.

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Volatility

Over the last 36 months.

How much returns bounce around, measured as an annualized standard deviation. Higher means a bumpier ride. It counts rises as well as falls, so the score uses downside deviation instead.

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Beta

How far the fund tends to move when the S&P 500 moves, over the last 36 months. A beta of 0.7 means it moved about 0.7% for each 1% move in the index.

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Up and down capture

This column is up capture: the share of its own benchmark's gains the fund took in rising months. The fund's page names the benchmark.

How much of its own benchmark's gains (up) and losses (down) the fund took over the last 36 months. Down capture under 100% means the calls cushioned the falls; leverage pushes both above 100%.

Full definition in the glossary →

Up and down capture

This column is down capture: the share of its own benchmark's losses the fund took in falling months. The fund's page names the benchmark.

How much of its own benchmark's gains (up) and losses (down) the fund took over the last 36 months. Down capture under 100% means the calls cushioned the falls; leverage pushes both above 100%.

Full definition in the glossary →

Total return

This column is the total return per year over the last 3 years.

Price change plus all distributions, assuming distributions are reinvested. This is the number that tells you whether the payout was earned.

Full definition in the glossary →

Return of capital (ROC)

The share of last year's payout classed as return of capital.

A part of the payout that is treated as your own money coming back. It is not taxed right away, but it lowers your cost base, so you may owe more tax when you sell.

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Rankings are information, not a recommendation to buy or sell any fund.