ACQQ vs CAIE: which paid, and which earned it?

ACQQ and CAIE both write options for income. ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF and Calamos Autocallable Income ETF.

0.0%
ACQQ cash paid, since launch
14.0%
CAIE cash paid, 1 year
+1.6%
ACQQ total return, since launch
+11.8%
CAIE total return, 1 year
ACQQ · since launch to Sep 30, 2026About even with QQQ
ACQQ
+1.6%
QQQ
+1.3%

About even with QQQ

ACQQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price +1.6%, total +1.6%, QQQ +1.3%, +0.3 pts.

QQQ

+1.3%

ACQQ

+1.6%

about even with QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with QQQ

ACQQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price +1.6%, total +1.6%, QQQ +1.3%, +0.3 pts.

QQQ

+1.3%

ACQQ

+1.6%

about even with QQQ

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACQQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price +1.6%, total +1.6%, QQQ +1.3%, +0.3 pts.

CAIE · 1 year to Sep 30, 20263.9 pts behind SPY
CAIE
+11.8%
SPY
+15.7%

3.9 pts behind SPY

CAIE over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −3.1%, total +11.8%, SPY +15.7%, −3.9 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

CAIE

+11.8%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

3.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.9 pts behind SPY

CAIE over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −3.1%, total +11.8%, SPY +15.7%, −3.9 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

CAIE

+11.8%

14.0% as cash

3.9 pts behind SPY

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. CAIE over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −3.1%, total +11.8%, SPY +15.7%, −3.9 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACQQ and CAIE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ACQQ CAIE
Only in ACQQ
NDX100 35% VOLATILITY AUTOCALLABLE SWAP BANK OF AMERICA NA 100.00%
Only in CAIE
Calamos Tax-Aware Collateral ETF 100.00%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Performance, window by window

Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowACQQCAIEACQQCAIEACQQCAIE
3 monthsnot published+0.9%not published2.3%not published−1.6 pts
6 monthsnot published+13.2%not published6.3%not published−3.8 pts
1 yearnot published+11.8%not published14.0%not published−3.9 pts
Since launch
ACQQ Aug 2026 · CAIE Jun 2025
+1.6%+26.1%0.0%18.1%+0.3 pts−1.2 pts

ACQQ and CAIE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

ACQQ
ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on QQQ
CAIE
Calamos Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer ProShares Calamos
Strategy autocallable autocallable
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Pays not established monthly
Payout rate, annualized not published 14.1%
Expense ratio 0.72% 0.74%
Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) 14.0%
Price change, 1 year +1.6% −3.1%
Total return, 1 year +1.6% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) +11.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +1.3% +15.7%
Ahead or behind +0.3 pts −3.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 47 days 462 days
Net assets $26m $872m

ACQQ and CAIE on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACQQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 14, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACQQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +1.3% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

CAIE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, CAIE paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.8%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.9 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACQQ or CAIE?
ACQQ charges 0.72% a year and CAIE charges 0.74%, so ACQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, ACQQ against CAIE, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acqq-vs-caie

Open data

Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.