Which resets first, AUGU or CTAU?

AUGU ends its outcome period on Jul 31, 2027 and CTAU on Jul 31, 2027. New terms are set the day after each.

Which is cheaper, AUGU or CTAU?

AUGU charges 0.74% a year and CTAU charges 0.30%, so CTAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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AUGU vs CTAU: Cap, Buffer & Days Left

AUGU can fall 3.4% before its buffer engages as of Oct 13, 2026, and CTAU 2.6% as of Oct 12, 2026. Net assets on Oct 12, 2026: $41m for AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Aug and $1m for Corgi U.S. Equities 30% Structured Buffer ETF - August Series.

CTAU costs 0.44 points a year less; AUGU is far larger, $41m against $1m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AUGU vs CTAU: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
	AUGU	CTAU
Expense ratio	0.74%	0.30%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$41m	$1m
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	not published
What it tracks	SPY	SPY
Holdings in common	not published
Index fall to the buffer	3.9%	2.6%

AUGUNo cap

AUGU: reference +4.0% since period start, fund +2.7%; buffer 0 to −15; no cap; No cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.

CTAUBetween buffer and cap

CTAU: reference +2.7% since period start, fund +2.2%; buffer 0 to −30; cap +15.0%; Between buffer and cap. Figures to Oct 12, 2026.

ETFIQ Downside Cover Score · CTAU scores higherIf the market falls into a bear market from here, how much does the buffer absorb?

AUGU 86.3

CTAU 97.4

0.2, the lowest in this set99.8, the highest

A percentile among the 292 buffer ETFs on stocks with a live outcome period. Today's position against one 20% fall; it ignores smaller falls, and stock buffers are never ranked against bond or commodity ones. All buffer ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

Where each one stands today

AUGU resets first, on Jul 31, 2027, 291 days from now; CTAU runs to Jul 31, 2027, 292 days. A fall from here reaches AUGU’s buffer after 3.4% and CTAU’s after 2.6%. Both track SPY, so what separates them is where each is in its own period.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: AUGU vs CTAU: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
	Total return		Gap to the reference's price return
Window	AUGU	CTAU	AUGU	CTAU
3 months	+2.4%	not published	−1.5 pts	not published
6 months	+10.4%	not published	−3.0 pts	not published
1 year	+13.8%	not published	−5.4 pts	not published
Since launch Not the same days: AUGU Aug 2024 · CTAU Aug 2026	+31.2%	+1.0%	−12.1 pts	+0.1 pts

Each fund's gap is to its reference's price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Source: ETFIQ. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

AUGU

AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Aug · Absorbs the first 15% of loss on SPY and does not cap the gain, over a period ending Jul 31, 2027

CTAU

Corgi U.S. Equities 30% Structured Buffer ETF - August Series · Absorbs the first 30% of loss on SPY and caps the gain at 15.0%, over a period ending Jul 31, 2027

Issuer AllianzIM Corgi

Reference index SPY SPY

Buffer 15% 30%

Outcome period Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027 Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027

Days left 291 292

Starting cap uncapped +15.0%

Can still gain uncapped not published

Fall before buffer 3.4% 2.6%

Protection left, index points 15.0% of 15.0% 30.0% of 30.0%

Index return this period +4.0% +2.7%

Fund return this period +2.7% +2.2%

State today Uncapped Open

Expense ratio 0.74% 0.30%

Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 $41m $1m

As of Oct 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About AUGU

This fund has no cap. It takes a share of any further rise in SPY. The fund's price can fall 3.4% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 3.9% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 291 days remained on Oct 13, 2026. On Jul 31, 2027 the period ends and new terms are set.

About CTAU

The fund's price can fall 2.6% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 2.6% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 30.0% of the 30.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 292 days remained on Oct 12, 2026. On Jul 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.

Questions people ask

Which resets first, AUGU or CTAU?: AUGU ends its outcome period on Jul 31, 2027 and CTAU on Jul 31, 2027. New terms are set the day after each.
Which is cheaper, AUGU or CTAU?: AUGU charges 0.74% a year and CTAU charges 0.30%, so CTAU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

AUGU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AllianzIM page for AUGU ↗CTAU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗Corgi website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

ETFIQ calculates every figure from each issuer’s published outcome-period terms. Buffer ETFs hold options on an index, not shares, so there is no holdings overlap to report.

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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