Which is cheaper, ACRT or DACL?

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

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

ACRT and DACL both write options for income. ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF and REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF.

0.0%

ACRT cash paid, since launch

0.6%

DACL cash paid, since launch

−8.7%

ACRT total return, since launch

+0.5%

DACL total return, since launch

ACRT · since launch to Sep 30, 2026About even with IWM

ACRT

−8.7%

IWM

−8.7%

About even with IWM

ACRT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −8.7%, total −8.7%, IWM −8.7%, 0.0 pts.

IWM

−8.7%

ACRT

−8.7%

about even with IWM

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with IWM

ACRT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −8.7%, total −8.7%, IWM −8.7%, 0.0 pts.

IWM

−8.7%

ACRT

−8.7%

about even with IWM

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACRT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −8.7%, total −8.7%, IWM −8.7%, 0.0 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%

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 +0.5%. 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	ACRT	DACL	ACRT	DACL	ACRT	DACL
Since launch ACRT Aug 2026 · DACL Aug 2026	−8.7%	+0.5%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0 pts	+2.2 pts

ACRT 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

ACRT

ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on IWM

DACL

REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY

Issuer ProShares REX

Strategy autocallable autocallable

Benchmark Russell 2000 (IWM) 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 −8.7% −0.1%

Total return, 1 year −8.7% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) +0.5% (since launch on Aug 13, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year −8.7% −1.7%

Ahead or behind 0.0 pts +2.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 47 days 48 days

Net assets $1m $4m

ACRT and DACL on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACRT in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 14, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACRT paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −8.7%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned −8.7% 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, ACRT or DACL?: ACRT 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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Russell 2000 (IWM) →S&P 500 (SPY) →ACRT on its own →DACL on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

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

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ETFIQ, ACRT against DACL, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acrt-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.