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Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF (QLDY.US) raised its dividend to CA$0.141

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Dividend history

Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF

QLDY.US

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$0.000$0.081$0.1612026-09-16: $0.15402026-09-18: $0.15202026-09-25: $0.15902026-10-07: $0.16082026-10-09: $0.16102026-10-14: $0.15702026-10-16: $0.15202026-10-21: $0.14902026-10-23: $0.15002026-10-28: $0.14692026-10-30: $0.15002026-11-04: $0.13902026-11-06: $0.1410Sep 26Oct 26Nov 26

Recent payments

$0.1410USD

Ex: Nov 6, 2026

Pay: Nov 9

Biweekly

$0.1390USD

Ex: Nov 4, 2026

Pay: Nov 5

$0.1500USD

Ex: Oct 30, 2026

Pay: Nov 2

Biweekly

$0.1469USD

Ex: Oct 28, 2026

Pay: Oct 29

$0.1500USD

Ex: Oct 23, 2026

Pay: Oct 26

Biweekly

$0.1490USD

Ex: Oct 21, 2026

$0.1520USD

Ex: Oct 16, 2026

Pay: Oct 19

Biweekly

$0.1570USD

Ex: Oct 14, 2026

Pay: Oct 15

$0.1610USD

Ex: Oct 9, 2026

Pay: Oct 13

Biweekly

$0.1608USD

Ex: Oct 7, 2026

Pay: Oct 8

Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF raised its distribution from CA$0.139 to CA$0.141 per payment, an increase of CA$0.002.

The latest payment was made on November 9, 2026, so the increase is already reflected in a payment that has passed. The distribution is labelled biweekly, but one payment amount doesn’t tell you what future payments will be.

The new payment amount

Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF

QLDY.US

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QLDY.US

Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF

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↓ $5.93 (-14.22%)
101 day period
$34.36$38.58$42.80Jun 17Aug 28Nov 9

Market cap

$53.28M

Div. yield

2709.75%

52W high

$41.19

52W low

$29.24

Beta

0.00

The ETF’s payment rose from CA$0.139 to CA$0.141. The supplied history lists 13 payments over about 0.1 years and six detected increases. That short record doesn’t establish a long-term pattern or predict future distributions.

Payment dates

The declaration date was November 5, 2026. The ex-dividend and record dates were November 6, and the payment date was November 9. As of November 10 in Toronto, all these dates had passed.

Canadian investors can review the QLDY.US stock page for listing details and compare the distribution with the fund’s published information.

Dividend calendar

TickerQLDY.US
AmountCA$0.141
Ex-dividend2026-11-06
Record2026-11-06
Payment2026-11-09
Declared2026-11-05
Trailing yield2709.75%
Stock pageQLDY.US dividend history
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Published: November 10, 2026
Last Updated: November 10, 2026

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