Which is cheaper, ACQQ or DACL?

ACQQ charges 0.72% a year and DACL charges 0.65%, so DACL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

ACQQ and DACL both write options for income. ProShares Nasdaq-100 Autocallable Income ETF and REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF.

0.0%

ACQQ cash paid, since launch

0.6%

DACL cash paid, since launch

+1.6%

ACQQ total return, since launch

+0.5%

DACL total return, since launch

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.

DACL · since launch to Sep 30, 20262.2 pts ahead of SPY

DACL

+0.5%

SPY

−1.7%

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

DACL since launch: paid 0.6%, price −0.1%, total +0.5%, SPY −1.7%, +2.2 pts.

SPY

−1.7%

DACL

+0.5%

0.6% cash

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

DACL since launch: paid 0.6%, price −0.1%, total +0.5%, SPY −1.7%, +2.2 pts.

SPY

−1.7%

DACL

+0.5%

2.2 pts ahead of SPY

0.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +1.6%. DACL since launch: paid 0.6%, price −0.1%, total +0.5%, SPY −1.7%, +2.2 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACQQ	DACL	ACQQ	DACL	ACQQ	DACL
Since launch ACQQ Aug 2026 · DACL Aug 2026	+1.6%	+0.5%	0.0%	0.6%	+0.3 pts	+2.2 pts

ACQQ and DACL 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

DACL

REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY

Issuer ProShares REX

Strategy autocallable autocallable

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy

Pays not established not established

Payout rate, annualized not published 6.6%

Expense ratio 0.72% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) 0.6% (since launch on Aug 13, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +1.6% −0.1%

Total return, 1 year +1.6% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) +0.5% (since launch on Aug 13, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +1.3% −1.7%

Ahead or behind +0.3 pts +2.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 47 days 48 days

Net assets $26m $4m

ACQQ and DACL 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.

DACL in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 13, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, DACL paid 0.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned −1.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.2 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid periodically.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACQQ or DACL?: ACQQ charges 0.72% a year and DACL charges 0.65%, so DACL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →S&P 500 (SPY) →ACQQ on its own →DACL on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

ACQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ProShares page for ACQQ ↗DACL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DACL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗REX page for DACL ↗

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

Open data

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