TSLY: Income Investors Beware, A Potential Trap Awaits You With This ETF

Summary

  • The YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF promises a 60% distribution rate, but its performance has trailed behind TSLA's total return.
  • TSLY sells options against Tesla for income and maintains an 80% price exposure cap.
  • The strategy involves clever trading, but the fund's performance has been affected by options pricing and shifts in volatility.

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A new wave of covered call ETFs have swept unsuspecting income investors away with eye-popping distribution rates. The YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:TSLY) is one such ETF currently promising a 60% distribution rate. You read

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