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

ACRT and OCTJ both write options for income. ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October.

0.0%
ACRT cash paid, since launch
5.3%
OCTJ cash paid, 1 year
−8.7%
ACRT total return, since launch
+5.5%
OCTJ total return, 1 year
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.

OCTJ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202610.3 pts behind SPY
OCTJ
+5.5%
SPY
+15.7%

10.3 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price 0.0%, total +5.5%, SPY +15.7%, −10.3 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

OCTJ

+5.5%

5.3% as cash

10.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.3 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price 0.0%, total +5.5%, SPY +15.7%, −10.3 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

OCTJ

+5.5%

10.3 pts behind SPY

5.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price 0.0%, total +5.5%, SPY +15.7%, −10.3 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACRT and OCTJ 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 ACRT OCTJ
Only in ACRT
RU2K LADDERED AUTOCALL SWAP BANK OF AMERICA NA 100.00%
Only in OCTJ
TREASURY BILL 98.69%
TREASURY BILL 1.31%

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
WindowACRTOCTJACRTOCTJACRTOCTJ
3 monthsnot published+1.0%not published1.3%not published−1.5 pts
6 monthsnot published+3.4%not published2.7%not published−13.6 pts
1 yearnot published+5.5%not published5.3%not published−10.3 pts
Since launch
ACRT Aug 2026 · OCTJ Oct 2023
−8.7%+18.9%0.0%17.2%0.0 pts−66.1 pts

ACRT and OCTJ 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
OCTJ
Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Issuer ProShares Innovator
Strategy autocallable defined income
Benchmark Russell 2000 (IWM) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays not established quarterly
Payout rate, annualized not published 5.3%
Expense ratio 0.72% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) 5.3%
Price change, 1 year −8.7% 0.0%
Total return, 1 year −8.7% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) +5.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year −8.7% +15.7%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −10.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 47 days 1094 days
Net assets $1m $15m

ACRT and OCTJ 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.

OCTJ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, OCTJ paid 5.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.3 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACRT or OCTJ?
ACRT charges 0.72% a year and OCTJ charges 0.79%, so ACRT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

Open data

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