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ACKY vs TPAY: which paid, and which earned it?

ACKY and TPAY both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF.

13.9%ACKY cash paid, 1 year
5.8%TPAY cash paid, 1 year
−1.3%ACKY total return, 1 year
+11.0%TPAY total return, 1 year
ACKY17.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ACKY−1.3%17.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ACKY−1.3%17.9 pts behind SPY
TPAY0.8 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%5.8% of it arrived as cash0.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%0.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACKY and TPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in ACKYOnly in TPAY
Microsoft Corp 11.56%SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 61.75%
Brookfield Corp 11.16%SPY 04/16/2027 33.18 C 33.20%
Uber Technologies Inc 10.74%SPYM 03/12/2027 3.33 C 5.05%
Pershing Square USA Ltd 10.50%
Meta Platforms Inc 10.23%
Amazon.com Inc 9.95%
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 8.86%
Restaurant Brands International Inc 8.22%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ACKY and TPAY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ACKYTPAYACKYTPAYACKYTPAY
3 months+0.8%+1.5%3.7%2.4%−1.5 pts−0.8 pts
6 months+5.8%+17.3%7.7%5.3%−12.2 pts−0.7 pts
1 year−1.3%not published13.9%not published−17.9 ptsnot published
Since launch−0.4%+11.0%14.0%5.8%−19.1 pts−0.8 pts
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ACKY and TPAY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ACKY
VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
TPAY
Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesRoundhill
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized15.7%9.5%
Expense ratio0.95%0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year13.9%5.8% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−15.1%+4.9%
Total return, 1 year−1.3%+11.0% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+11.8%
Ahead or behind−17.9 pts−0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age374 days212 days
Net assets$45m$2m

ACKY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly.

TPAY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPAY paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACKY or TPAY?
ACKY charges 0.95% a year and TPAY charges 0.49%, so TPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ACKY against TPAY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, ACKY against TPAY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acky-vs-tpay Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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