MSTY

YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF

YieldMax · $1.11bn in assets, October 8, 2026

An actively managed ETF: builds indirect exposure to MicroStrategy shares and sells call options on them for income, giving up upside above a cap.

MSTY, the YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF, is a $1.1 billion ETF whose main story is the income overlay. Over the past year it returned −47.9%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

MSTY · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+26.4% a yearTotal return since launch, February 2024
−47.9%Last 12 months
+3.1%Year to date
71.7%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

Its main narrative, at 0.7 of its exposure.

The income overlay →

ETFs built to pay income: dividend stocks, municipal bonds, preferred shares and covered calls.

The income overlay · the narrative this week
46.0WARM level, 15 of 22
last four weeks
629ETFs carry it
36.6%held by the top five
VIGlargest holder, 10.5%
$1,095 bncapital, 3rd of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
VIG 10.5%SCHD 9.9%VYM 7.7%MUB 4.3%VTEB 4.2%624 other ETFs 63.4%36.6%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1VIG10.5%$114.51bn+10.1%0.04%
2SCHD9.9%$107.89bn+23.9%0.06%
3VYM7.7%$83.99bn+13.8%0.04%
4MUB4.3%$46.62bn−2.0%0.05%
5VTEB4.2%$45.69bn−2.2%0.03%
624 other ETFs63.4%
MSTY: 0.1%

Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 629 ETFs on the narrative page →

Also carries: Crypto conviction →

Bitcoin, ether and the companies around them, held through ETFs.

Exposure 0.3 · level 57.0 WARM, 4th of 22 · MSTY holds 0.2% of its capital

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
MSTY+24.2%+49.7%+3.1%−47.9%––
The income overlayits narrative−2.7%−0.8%+8.8%+10.8%+14.5%+8.8%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on February 22, 2024: +26.4% a year.

$10,000 invested February 29, 2024

MSTY $15,527The income overlay $13,333The market $15,523
$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000Feb 2024Feb 2025Feb 2026$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000Feb 2024Feb 2026

Year by year

MSTYThe income overlayThe market
-60%-40%-20%0%20%MSTY 2025: -41.9%Narrative 2025: +11.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025MSTY YTD: +3.1%Narrative YTD: +8.8%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-60%-40%-20%0%20%MSTY 2025: -41.9%Narrative 2025: +11.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025MSTY YTD: +3.1%Narrative YTD: +8.8%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if MSTY traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

What story is MSTY selling?

MSTY’s main story is the income overlay, which covers ETFs built to pay income: dividend stocks, municipal bonds, preferred shares and covered calls. Its second is crypto conviction.

Which ETFs compete with MSTY?

The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like MSTY’s over the past 3 years are BCOR (0.84), OBTC (0.80) and MTYY (0.78).

How has MSTY performed against its story?

Over the past year MSTY returned −47.9%, the ETFs carrying the income overlay +10.8% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.25 with the story. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →