REX GIF ETF: A Covered Call Income ETF Holding Nine Single-Stock Growth Names
What is the REX Growth & Income Universe ETF (GIF)?
Does GIF allow investors to choose between growth and income?
What are the significant risks of the GIF strategy?
How the GIF ETF Covered Call Strategy Works: Half Growth, Half Income
How do most covered call ETFs typically operate?
REX’s Growth & Income ETFs take a different approach. Each fund splits its portfolio into two halves:
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The Growth Half Stays fully exposed to the underlying stock through modestly enhanced long exposure (1.05x–1.50x) — no call overlay. This half seeks to capture more potential upside without a cap. |
The Income Half Writes short-term, out-of-the-money covered calls—meaning it sells call options on securities it already owns with strike prices set above current market levels— using exchange-traded options cleared through the Options Clearing Corporation. These are actual options contracts, not synthetic yield instruments. The premiums collected seek to provide weekly distributions. Upside on this half is capped at the strike price. |
What is the core design and risk of GIF's half-and-half structure?
What’s Inside the GIF ETF? All Nine Underlying Single-Stock ETFs
GIF holds equal weight across nine single-stock covered call ETFs. Here’s every fund in the lineup, organized by sector:
AI & Semiconductors
What is the REX NVDA Growth & Income ETF (NVII)?
Crypto-Linked Equities
What is the REX COIN Growth & Income ETF (COII)?
What is the REX MSTR Growth & Income ETF (MSII)?
Electric Vehicles & Energy
What is the REX TSLA Growth & Income ETF (TSII)?
Enterprise Software & AI Infrastructure
What is the REX PLTR Growth & Income ETF (PLTI)?
What is the REX CRWV Growth & Income ETF (CWII)?
Fintech
What is the REX HOOD Growth & Income ETF (HOII)?
Healthcare
What is the REX LLY Growth & Income ETF (LLII)?
Retail
What is the REX WMT Growth & Income ETF (WMTI)?
GIF ETF vs. Buying Individual REX Growth & Income ETFs
What is GIF's value proposition compared to buying individual ETFs?
What is the benefit of GIF's 'one trade, full lineup' approach?
How does GIF provide diversified premium sources?
How does GIF's auto-expanding and auto-rebalancing feature work?
What is GIF's layered cost structure?
Portfolio Positioning: Where the GIF ETF May Fit
Who is the GIF ETF suitable for and what are its potential use cases?
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Use Case 1 Consolidated Growth & Income access. For advisors who want clients to have exposure across the full REX Growth & Income lineup without managing nine individual positions. The equal-weight, auto-rebalancing structure removes the operational burden — but also removes customization. |
Use Case 2 Weekly cash flow alongside equity exposure. GIF seeks to pay weekly distributions from covered call premiums. For investors who want income without moving entirely out of growth-oriented equities, GIF attempts to deliver both in a single vehicle. Distributions are not guaranteed, may vary, and may include return of capital that reduces NAV. |
Use Case 3 Multi-sector covered call diversification. Rather than concentrating covered call income in a single name or index, GIF draws from nine stocks across six sectors. This structural diversification of premium sources may appeal to advisors who want to avoid single-name income dependence. |
GIF ETF Risks: What Investors Should Know
What are the significant risks of GIF that must be understood?
Is there a risk of losing principal with GIF investments?
How does GIF's covered call strategy impact upside and downside?
Are GIF distributions guaranteed and what do they include?
What is the risk of single-stock concentration in GIF?
What does 'synthetic exposure' mean for GIF investors?
What are the 'fund of funds' costs for GIF?
Frequently Asked Questions About the GIF ETF
GIF is the REX Growth & Income Universe ETF — a fund of funds that holds all nine REX single-stock Growth & Income ETFs in equal weight. It seeks weekly distributions from covered call premiums across names like NVIDIA, Tesla, Palantir, Coinbase, and more.
GIF seeks to pay distributions weekly. However, distributions are not guaranteed, may vary from week to week, and may include return of capital.
Through its nine underlying ETFs, GIF provides exposure to NVIDIA (NVII), Tesla (TSII), Palantir (PLTI), Coinbase (COII), MicroStrategy (MSII), Robinhood (HOII), CoreWeave (CWII), Eli Lilly (LLII), and Walmart (WMTI).
Most covered call ETFs write options on 100% of their holdings, which caps upside entirely. Each of GIF’s underlying funds writes covered calls on only about half the portfolio. The other half maintains long exposure with no call overlay, seeking to preserve more growth potential.
Yes. GIF is designed to auto-expand — when REX launches new Growth & Income ETFs, they are added to the portfolio automatically. GIF also rebalances to equal weight monthly.
GIF’s expense ratio is 1.23% (As of 2/26/2026). As a fund of funds, GIF also indirectly bears the fees and expenses of the underlying ETFs.
Getting Started
Where can advisors find more information about the GIF fund?
How can I contact the REX Shares team with questions?
An investor should carefully consider a Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. A Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the REX Shares. To obtain a Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus call 844-802-4004 or visit rexshares.com. Read prospectuses carefully before investing.
Investing in the Fund involves a high degree of risk. As with any investment, there is a risk that you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. An investor could lose the full principal value of his/her investment within a single day.
Holdings are subject to change. For the Fund’s current holdings, please visit https://www.rexshares.com/gif/
Leverage Risk: The underlying ETFs target modestly enhanced exposure (1.05x–1.50x). Compounding effects may cause returns to diverge from underlying stock returns over time.
Limited Upside / Full Downside: The Fund’s indirect exposure to gains of the underlying securities, if any, will be limited by the covered call overlay. However, the Fund will bear any losses resulting from a decline in value.
Distribution Risk: Distributions are not guaranteed. Distributions may include ordinary dividends, capital gains, and return of investor capital, which may decrease a fund’s NAV and the overall investment over time. Weekly payouts depend on stock volatility and market premiums and may change week to week. A high distribution rate does not imply a positive total return. Past distributions are not indicative of future distributions.
Single-Stock Concentration Risk: Each underlying ETF concentrates its exposure in a single stock, which introduces significant company-specific risk.
Covered Call Options Risk. A covered call strategy involves writing (selling) covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums. The seller of the option gives up the opportunity to benefit from price increases in the underlying instrument above the exercise price of the options but continues to bear the risk of underlying instrument price declines. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from underlying instrument price declines over time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be similar to the risks associated with writing put options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options during periods of abnormal market volatility. Suspension of trading may mean that an option seller is unable to sell options at a time that may be desirable or advantageous to do so.
Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. Equity securities prices fluctuate for several reasons, including changes in investors’ perceptions of the financial condition of an issuer or the general condition of the relevant equity market, such as market volatility, or when political or economic events affecting an issuer occur. Common stock prices may be particularly sensitive to rising interest rates, as the cost of capital rises and borrowing costs increase.
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives are financial instruments that derive value from the underlying reference asset or assets, such as stocks, bonds, or funds (including ETFs), interest rates or indexes. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly investing in securities or other ordinary investments, including risk related to the market, imperfect correlation with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, higher price volatility, lack of availability, counterparty risk, liquidity, valuation, and legal restrictions.
Synthetic Exposure: Investors do not own the underlying stocks, nor do they have voting rights or receive stock dividends.
Fund of Funds Risk: The Fund’s investment performance depends on the investment performance of the underlying funds. The Fund indirectly bears the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in addition to its own fees and expenses.
The Fund is not suitable for all investors. The Fund is designed to be utilized only by knowledgeable investors who understand the potential consequences of seeking targeted daily leveraged investment results, understand the risks associated with the use of leverage and are willing to monitor their portfolios frequently. The Fund is not intended to be used by, and is not appropriate for, investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios. For periods longer than a single day, the Fund will lose money if the underlying funds performance is flat, and it is possible that the Fund will lose money even if underlying funds performance increases over a period longer than a single day. An investor could lose the full principal value of his/her investment within a single day. The Fund, Trust, Adviser, and Sub-Adviser are not affiliated with the Fund’s underlying securities.
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