Which is cheaper, ACYN or ATCL?

ACYN charges 0.75% a year and ATCL charges 0.65%, so ATCL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

ACYN vs ATCL: which paid, and which earned it?

ACYN and ATCL both write options for income. FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income ETF and REX Autocallable Income ETF.

4.5%

ACYN cash paid, since launch

7.9%

ATCL cash paid, since launch

+8.2%

ACYN total return, since launch

+5.0%

ATCL total return, since launch

ACYN · since launch to Sep 30, 20262.7 pts behind SPY

ACYN

+8.2%

SPY

+10.9%

2.7 pts behind SPY

ACYN since launch: paid 4.5%, price +3.5%, total +8.2%, SPY +10.9%, −2.7 pts.

SPY

+10.9%

ACYN

+8.2%

4.5% of it arrived as cash

2.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.7 pts behind SPY

ACYN since launch: paid 4.5%, price +3.5%, total +8.2%, SPY +10.9%, −2.7 pts.

SPY

+10.9%

ACYN

+8.2%

2.7 pts behind SPY

4.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACYN since launch: paid 4.5%, price +3.5%, total +8.2%, SPY +10.9%, −2.7 pts.

ATCL · since launch to Sep 30, 20267 pts behind SPY

ATCL

+5.0%

SPY

+12.0%

7 pts behind SPY

ATCL since launch: paid 7.9%, price −3.0%, total +5.0%, SPY +12.0%, −7.0 pts.

SPY

+12.0%

ATCL

+5.0%

7.9% of it arrived as cash

7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7 pts behind SPY

ATCL since launch: paid 7.9%, price −3.0%, total +5.0%, SPY +12.0%, −7.0 pts.

SPY

+12.0%

ATCL

+5.0%

7 pts behind SPY

7.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +12.0%. ATCL since launch: paid 7.9%, price −3.0%, total +5.0%, SPY +12.0%, −7.0 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACYN and ATCL 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACYN ATCL

Only in ACYN

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 12/31/2026 32.99%

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026 32.91%

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 31.88%

US Dollar 0.83%

ACYN Autocall Derivative Citi 0.70%

ACYN Autocall Derivative JPMorgan 0.36%

ACYN Autocall Derivative BNP 0.33%

Only in ATCL

TREASURY BILL 95.94%

The Laddered T-Bill ETF 4.06%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACYN	ATCL	ACYN	ATCL	ACYN	ATCL
3 months	+3.2%	+1.4%	1.8%	3.4%	+0.7 pts	−1.1 pts
6 months	+7.0%	+7.5%	4.4%	7.0%	−10.0 pts	−9.5 pts
Since launch ACYN Feb 2026 · ATCL Feb 2026	+8.2%	+5.0%	4.5%	7.9%	−2.7 pts	−7.0 pts

ACYN and ATCL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

ACYN

FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly

ATCL

REX Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust REX

Strategy autocallable autocallable

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.9% 13.7%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 4.5% (since launch on Feb 25, 2026) 7.9% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +3.5% −3.0%

Total return, 1 year +8.2% (since launch on Feb 25, 2026) +5.0% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +10.9% +12.0%

Ahead or behind −2.7 pts −7.0 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 77%

Age 217 days 224 days

Net assets $2.2bn $48m

ACYN and ATCL on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACYN in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 25, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACYN paid 4.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.2%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +10.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.7 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.9%, paid monthly.

ATCL in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ATCL paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.0 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.7%, paid monthly. REX estimates that 77% of the distribution paid Aug 19, 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, ACYN or ATCL?: ACYN charges 0.75% a year and ATCL charges 0.65%, so ATCL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ACYN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACYN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for ACYN ↗ATCL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ATCL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ATCL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗REX page for ATCL ↗

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ETFIQ, ACYN against ATCL, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acyn-vs-atcl

Open data

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