But as the stock market rally has sputtered, the $29 billion fund is showing promise once again.
JEPI YTD mountain JEPI has underperformed the broader market this year but has proved stable in the recent market dip.
The downside to the options strategy is that those trades, made through equity-linked notes, can be losers when markets rise.
Reiner said that the fund's options income strategy involves selling call options, through equity-linked notes, that have a 30% chance of finishing in the money.
JEPI is not the only active income strategy in the JPMorgan ETF lineup.
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