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

ACSP and ULTY both write options for income.

ProShares S&P 500 Autocallable Income ETF and YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF.

0.0%ACSP cash paid, 1 year
44.9%ULTY cash paid, 1 year
−3.8%ACSP total return, 1 year
−7.8%ULTY 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
ULTY24.3 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ACSPOnly in ULTY
S&P500 FUTURES 35% AUTOCALL SWAP BANK OF AMERICA NA 100.00%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.23%
MercadoLibre Inc 4.99%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 4.75%
Strategy Inc 4.66%
Comfort Systems USA Inc 4.61%
Alphabet Inc 4.39%
Lam Research Corp 4.34%
Coherent Corp 4.30%

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 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ACSP and ULTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ACSPULTYACSPULTYACSPULTY
3 monthsnot published−1.1%not published13.7%not published−3.3 pts
6 monthsnot published+14.0%not published30.1%not published−4.0 pts
1 yearnot published−7.8%not published44.9%not published−24.3 pts
Since launch−3.8%+10.7%0.0%86.9%−2.1 pts−44.1 pts
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ACSP and ULTY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ACSP
ProShares S&P 500 Autocallable Income ETF
Option income on SPY
ULTY
YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerProSharesYieldMax
Strategyoption incomesynthetic covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysnot establishedweekly
Payout rate, annualizednot published59.8%
Expense ratio0.72%1.30%
Cash paid, 1 year0.0% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026)44.9%
Price change, 1 year−3.8%−54.1%
Total return, 1 year−3.8% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026)−7.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year−1.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.1 pts−24.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age35 days932 days
Net assets$27m$721m

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.

ULTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ULTY paid 44.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 54.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.8%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 24.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 59.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACSP or ULTY?
ACSP charges 0.72% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, 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 ULTY, 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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