Portfolio Update #17 - For the first time in 7 straight months, my portfolio did not lose money!
April 2026 marked my 17th month in YieldMax ETF's.
As always, I like to share my monthly progress so others can learn from my mistakes and hopefully get more transparency into how these work. I've been experimenting to see how viable it is to grow these funds by re-investing the distributions. (Yes, growth stocks are better suited for this.)
April Thoughts
While I'm still down overall, April gave me a much needed boost. Ever since September, my total return has been decreasing every month. In September my total return was at 9.27%. At the beginning of April, my total return was at -18.61%
I felt like my portfolio finally gave a strong performance this month
- NAV was relatively stable for the first time in a long time. In the previous months, I had NAV landslide instead of NAV erosion.
- GOOY had a great run in April, experiencing a decent price gain
- I am hopeful that SNOY has also bottomed out and actually see this as a great buying opportunity
March Positions
In the beginning of April I invested $364.20, consisting of:
- $255.64 in Cash using my 2% income allowance
- $108.56 from previous distributions
Using this money I expanded the following positions::
- 10 shares of BABO
- 10 shares of XOMO
- 10 shares of GOOY
Wife's Disapproval Update
- I haven't boasted about my YieldMax portfolio for awhile. That's probably not going to change until I'm back in the positive. So, maybe next year 😂
April Portfolio Breakdown
Current Positions
| Stock | QTY | Avg. Price Bought | Price (4/30) | Price Gain | Monthly Distributions | All-Time Distributions | Total Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YMAG | 37 | $15.13 | $12.80 | 🔻-15.4% | $17.37 | $145.36 | ⬆ 10.57% |
| YMAX | 37 | $12.10 | $8.41 | 🔻-30.5% | $17.36 | $144.28 | ⬆ 1.73% |
| ULTY | 7 | $53.98 | $31.39 | 🔻-41.85% | $14.20 | $187.80 | ⬆ 7.85% |
| AIYY | 5 | $39.25 | $9.55 | 🔻-75.67% | $2.52 | $67.34 | 🔻-41.35% |
| SNOY | 34 | $15.88 | $6.81 | 🔻-57.12% | $11.46 | $212.82 | 🔻-17.7% |
| NVDY | 35 | $15.51 | $13.46 | 🔻-13.22% | $16.87 | $163.72 | ⬆ 16.94% |
| GDXY | 30 | $15.65 | $12.82 | 🔻-18.08% | $19.73 | $52.20 | 🔻-6.96% |
| XOMO | 28 (⬆10) | $13.04 | $12.25 | 🔻-6.06% | $10.25 | $17.59 | 🔻-1.24% |
| GOOY | 28 (⬆10) | $13.44 | $15.45 | ⬆ 14.96% | $10.58 | $18.05 | ⬆ 19.75% |
| BABO | 20 (⬆10) | $11.50 | $10.26 | 🔻-10.78% | $7.04 | $11.62 | 🔻-5.73% |
| $127.39 |
Grand Totals
| All-Time Totals | |
|---|---|
| Total Cash Invested | $3,738.00 |
| Total Dividends Earned | $1,576.11 |
| Total Dividends Re-invested | $1,451.14 |
| Total Portfolio Value (3/31) | $3,261.46 |
| Total Return | 🔻-12.75% |
Abandoned Positions
I'm using this to answer the question, "Should I have sold MSTY and CONY?". I exited my positions in February after significant NAV erosion. I plan on updating this each month to see what my returns would look like had I held.
These were my returns when I exited my positions
| Stock | Shares | Exit Date | Avg. Cost | Exit Price | Price Gain | Total Distributions | Total Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSTY | 10 | 2/24/26 | $100.08 | $22.20 | 🔻-77.82% | $399.64 | 🔻-37.89% |
| CONY | 5 | 2/24/26 | $84.99 | $25.57 | 🔻-69.91% | $155.70 | 🔻-33.27% |
And these are the returns returns had I continued holding
| STOCK | Price (4/30) | Price Gain | Distributions Since Exit | Total Return Had I Not Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSTY | $24.73 | 🔻-75.29% | $32.63 | 🔻-32.10% |
| CONY | $26.19 | 🔻-69.18% | $19.61 | 🔻-27.92% |
Monthly Distributions Over Time
Great see to see a strong month again!
Total Portfolio Value Over Time
GOOY really helped my portfolio grow this month
Total Return Over Time
Total Yield Over Time
I wanted to start visualizing my distributions as a percentage of my overall portfolio value
