ULTY Ex-Dividend Date & Dividend Calculator

YieldMax Ultra Option Income St (ULTY) is an ETF that funds its dividend through covered-call option premium, paying a weekly distribution at a yield of 25.7%. In exchange for a high payout, upside is capped and there's a risk of NAV erosion. Evaluate it on long-run total return (dividend + price), not short-term income alone.

The distribution amount is a variable-dividend structure that changes month to month with option-market volatility, so past yield does not guarantee future payments. Before investing, read the covered-call ETF risk guide and the complete dividend-types guide.

Strategy structure — Unlike the single-stock names above, ULTY is a multi-holding structure that rotates across several high-volatility large caps to extract option premium. It doesn't pin its exposure to one underlying asset.

Payout mechanics — ULTY distributes weekly from premium collected across its basket of holdings. The listed yield is 25.7% (as of 2026.10.21), with per-payment size that has stayed very stable payment to payment (variability score 0.02). As of now, ULTY's payment history isn't volatile enough to be classified as variable-dividend. The per-payment amount is about $0.2960, paid roughly 52 times a year. This figure is recalculated every period, so it isn't guaranteed to hold going forward — it's a reference point based on past payment history. None of this replaces doing your own homework on ULTY — the $0.2960 figure is a starting point, not the final word.

Risk to watch — Multiple holdings reduce the odds that one bad name sinks the whole fund, but they don't remove the structural risks of selling options — capped upside and possible NAV erosion remain. This ex-dividend date (2026-10-21) is inferred from payment-interval history rather than officially confirmed. Start with the YieldMax structure explainer, then trace outcomes in the 5-year simulator. ULTY's $0.2960 per-payment figure is a snapshot, not a recommendation — weigh it against your own research before acting.

Summary — ULTY (YieldMax Ultra Option Income St) pays $0.2960 per period on a weekly cadence. Simply annualized at 52x/year, that's about $15.39 — purely arithmetic assuming current terms hold, nothing more. On the stability side, As of now, ULTY's payment history isn't volatile enough to be classified as variable-dividend. It's also worth factoring in that payments has stayed very stable payment to payment (variability score 0.02) period to period. Every figure on this page is a snapshot as of now and may change at the next refresh. None of this replaces doing your own homework on ULTY — the $0.2960 figure is a starting point, not the final word.