Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
ACYS vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees
ACYS and IWM are measured over different days, and IWM charges 0.19% to ACYS's 0.75%.
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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $613m for FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF and $75.5bn for iShares Russell 2000 ETF.
Pair scorecard
IWM costs 0.56 points a year less; IWM is far larger, $75.5bn against $613m.
| Measure | ACYS | IWM |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +14.1% |
| Cash paid, share of starting value, since Apr 23, 2026 | 2.6% | |
| Price change, since Apr 23, 2026 | rose 2.1% | |
| Latest payout, annualized | 7.8% | |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 18% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment | |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 7.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026 | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Benchmark: Russell 2000, measured through IWM | Russell 2000 Index |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 2.1 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.19% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $613m | $75.5bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
| In the S&P 500, by weight | 0% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 3.3% | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method
Risk and return
May 1, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · 25 weekly returnsACYS returned more: +3.8% to −0.8%. ACYS fell less at its worst: −0.5% to −11.1%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | ACYS | IWM | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +3.8% | −0.8% | ACYS | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | +1.2% | −1.3% | ACYS | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −0.5% | −11.1% | ACYS | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 25 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, ACYS and IWM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.
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0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
ACYS and IWM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for ACYS.
ACYS
Over the period from its first trade on Apr 23, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, ACYS paid 2.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.7%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned +2.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
IWM
IWM tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,977 positions, with the top ten at 3.3%. It sat 7.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Are ACYS and IWM in the same category?
- ACYS is an option-income ETF and IWM is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which is cheaper, ACYS or IWM?
- IWM is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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