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ACSP vs FTQI: which paid, and which earned it?

ACSP and FTQI both write options for income.

ProShares S&P 500 Autocallable Income ETF and First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

0.0%ACSP cash paid, 1 year
12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
−3.8%ACSP total return, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year
ACSP2.1 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY−1.6%ACSP−3.8%2.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY−1.6%ACSP−3.8%2.1 pts behind SPY
FTQIAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%about even with QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ACSPOnly in FTQI
S&P500 FUTURES 35% AUTOCALL SWAP BANK OF AMERICA NA 100.00%Apple Inc. 8.76%
NVIDIA Corporation 6.55%
US Dollar 5.75%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.41%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.13%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.18%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75%
Tesla, Inc. 2.68%

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.

Performance, window by window

ACSP and FTQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ACSPFTQIACSPFTQIACSPFTQI
3 monthsnot published+4.0%not published2.9%not published+6.5 pts
6 monthsnot published+18.3%not published6.3%not published−5.9 pts
1 yearnot published+21.5%not published12.0%not published−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+62.9%not published37.0%not published−35.3 pts
Since launch−3.8%+141.7%0.0%78.8%−2.1 pts−675.0 pts
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ACSP and FTQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ACSP
ProShares S&P 500 Autocallable Income ETF
Option income on SPY
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerProSharesFirst Trust
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysnot establishedmonthly
Payout rate, annualizednot published11.9%
Expense ratio0.72%0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year0.0% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026)12.0%
Price change, 1 year−3.8%+8.0%
Total return, 1 year−3.8% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026)+21.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year−1.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−2.1 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age35 days4637 days
Net assets$27m$975m

ACSP in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 14, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ACSP paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −3.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned −1.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts.

FTQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACSP or FTQI?
ACSP charges 0.72% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so ACSP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ACSP against FTQI, 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.

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