iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF (BALQ)

NASDAQ: BALQExchange-traded fund from iShares.

  • Net assets$36.9M
  • Holdings110

BALQ ETF price chart

BALQ quote & trading statistics

BALQ performance

Total return · as of October 17, 2026
  • YTD+22.15%
1Y volatility
0.00%
3Y volatility
0.00%
3Y Sharpe ratio
0.00

Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.

BALQ top 10 holdings

iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF largest holdings by weight
#SymbolNameWeight
1NVDANVIDIA Corporation8.10%
2AAPLApple Inc.7.94%
3MSFTMicrosoft Corporation7.42%
4MUMicron Technology Inc4.79%
5AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc4.47%
6AMZNAmazon.com Inc4.46%
7METAMeta Platforms Inc.3.54%
8GOOGLAlphabet Inc Class A3.38%
9GOOGAlphabet Inc Class C3.11%
10COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.98%

The top 10 holdings make up 50.2% of the fund (110 holdings in total). As of October 17, 2026.

BALQ sector weights

Technology
58.9%
Communication Services
12.3%
Consumer Cyclical
8.8%
Consumer Defensive
6.5%
Industrials
5.7%
Healthcare
3.6%
Energy
1.4%
Financial Services
1.3%
Basic Materials
0.6%
Utilities
0.2%

BALQ region weights

North America
103.4%
Asia Emerging
0.2%
Latin America
0.1%

BALQ asset allocation

U.S. stocks
86.5%
Cash
13.5%

BALQ market-cap breakdown

Mega cap
54.8%
Large cap
25.7%
Mid cap
9.6%
Small cap
4.9%

About iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by employing a targeted outcome strategy that is intended to optimize, in the opinion of Fund management, premium income generation and the potential for capital appreciation. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Investments in derivatives are counted toward the fund"s 80% policy to the extent that they provide investment exposure to the securities included within that policy or to one or more market risk factors associated with such securities.

BALQ ETF FAQ

How much money is in BALQ?

iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF has about $36.9M in net assets.

What are the top holdings of BALQ?

The largest positions in BALQ are NVIDIA Corporation (8.10%), Apple Inc. (7.94%), Microsoft Corporation (7.42%). The fund holds 110 securities in total.

When was BALQ launched?

iShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF began trading on December 2, 2025.

ETFs similar to BALQ

Funds that track the same index or whose top-10 holdings overlap most with BALQ's. Overlap: shared top-10 weight as a share of the larger top-10 total of the two funds.

ETFs with holdings most similar to BALQ, compared by expense ratio, assets and 1-year return
SymbolFundOverlapExpense ratioNet assets1-year return
BALQiShares Nasdaq Premium Income Active ETF——$36.9M—
TUGSTF Tactical Growth ETF91%0.65%$34.4M+23.42%
KIQQKraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered…90%—$2.5M—
PTNQPacer Trendpilot 100 ETF89%0.62%$1.23B+11.24%
QQWZPacer Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETF89%—$41.4M+9.98%
QRMIGlobal X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF89%0.57%$14.6M+7.96%
QQQInvesco QQQ ETF88%0.17%$476.92B+19.55%
QQQINEOS Nasdaq 100 High Income ETF88%0.70%$14.89B+13.73%
TDAQTappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily…88%0.71%$452.3M+17.85%