BABO: YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF
YieldMax (Tidal) · Single-Stock Option Income · Tracks BABA
Growth of $100
Green is what an investor who reinvested every payout would have; red is the price alone. The gap between them is the income. If the red line keeps falling, the payouts are partly your own money coming back.
Was the payout earned?
Over the last year BABO paid 68.8% but its total return was -23.9%, so none of the payout was earned: the price fell by more than the fund paid out.
| Earned % (3 months) | below -100% |
| Earned % (1 year) | -70% |
| Earned % (full history, up to 5 yrs) | 27% |
Earned % = total return ÷ payouts. 100% means every dollar paid out was earned; below 100% means part of it came from the fund's own value. This is an economic measure based on market price, not the tax label on the payout.
Where the DT Score comes from
Total 25.3 / 100 · rank #398 of 420. How the score works
Risk
| Sortino ratio (1Y) | -1.39 |
| Sharpe ratio (1Y) | -0.95 |
| Steadiness vs S&P 500 | 41% |
| Beta to S&P 500 | 0.80 |
| Correlation to S&P 500 | 0.33 |
| Max drop (1Y) | -41.1% |
| Max drop (up to 5 yrs) | -42.6% |
| Trend | Downtrend |
| History | 2.2 yrs |
Vs. BABA (what it's built on)
| Upside capture | 82% |
| Downside capture | 83% |
| Capture ratio | 1.00 |
| Beta | 0.81 |
| Correlation | 0.98 |
| Tracking | Closely |
On days BABA rose, BABO caught 82% of the gain; on days it fell, BABO took 83% of the loss.
Payout history
Each bar is one payout (last 36 shown). Pays Weekly.
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | $0.0410 |
| 2026-10-29 | $0.0400 |
| 2026-10-22 | $0.0500 |
| 2026-10-15 | $0.0460 |
| 2026-10-08 | $0.0420 |
| 2026-10-01 | $0.0420 |
| 2026-09-24 | $0.0480 |
| 2026-09-17 | $0.0570 |
| 2026-09-10 | $0.0520 |
| 2026-09-03 | $0.0590 |
| 2026-08-27 | $0.0700 |
| 2026-08-20 | $0.0810 |
Funds that track the same thing
Other BABA income funds, ranked by DT Score. See them all · Compare BABO with the top 3
| Fund | Category | Fwd rate | 12m yield | 1Y total ret. | Earned % 1Y | Upside capt. | Downside capt. | Tracking | DT Score | Momentum | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBYY GraniteShares YieldBOOST BABA ETF | Single-Stock Option Income | 40.9% | 129.3% | -19.4% | -39% | 42% | 49% | Loosely | 29 | 26 | Downtrend |
| BABW Roundhill BABA WeeklyPay ETF | Leveraged Income | 37.0% | 68.7% | -36.9% | below -100% | 119% | 121% | Closely | 23 | 4 | Downtrend |
About BABO
| Issuer | YieldMax (Tidal) |
| Structure | ETF |
| Category | Single-Stock Option Income |
| Strategy | Synthetic covered call / option income on BABA (Alibaba ADR) |
| Underlying | BABA (Alibaba ADR) |
| Exposure | Single Stock |
| Index linkage | No - active |
| Pays | Weekly |
| Expense ratio | 1.00% |
| Uses leverage | No |
| Upside capped | Yes |
| Rate sensitivity | Low |
| Return of capital common | Yes |
| Tax notes | Distributions often largely return of capital; ROC reduces cost basis |
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