Which is cheaper, ACYN or JANJ?

ACYN charges 0.75% a year and JANJ charges 0.79%, so ACYN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

ACYN and JANJ both write options for income. FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - January.

4.5%

ACYN cash paid, since launch

5.0%

JANJ cash paid, 1 year

+8.2%

ACYN total return, since launch

+5.2%

JANJ total return, 1 year

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% 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.

JANJ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202610.5 pts behind SPY

JANJ

+5.2%

SPY

+15.7%

10.5 pts behind SPY

JANJ over 1 year: paid 5.0%, price 0.0%, total +5.2%, SPY +15.7%, −10.5 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

JANJ

+5.2%

5.0% of it arrived as cash

10.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.5 pts behind SPY

JANJ over 1 year: paid 5.0%, price 0.0%, total +5.2%, SPY +15.7%, −10.5 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

JANJ

+5.2%

10.5 pts behind SPY

5.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. JANJ over 1 year: paid 5.0%, price 0.0%, total +5.2%, SPY +15.7%, −10.5 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACYN and JANJ 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.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACYN JANJ

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 JANJ

TREASURY BILL 97.55%

TREASURY BILL 1.23%

TREASURY BILL 1.22%

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	JANJ	ACYN	JANJ	ACYN	JANJ
3 months	+3.2%	+1.5%	1.8%	1.3%	+0.7 pts	−1.1 pts
6 months	+7.0%	+4.3%	4.4%	2.5%	−10.0 pts	−12.7 pts
1 year	not published	+5.2%	not published	5.0%	not published	−10.5 pts
Since launch ACYN Feb 2026 · JANJ Jan 2024	+8.2%	+16.2%	4.5%	14.5%	−2.7 pts	−50.5 pts

ACYN and JANJ 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

JANJ

Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - January · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly

Issuer First Trust Innovator

Strategy autocallable defined income

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

Pays monthly quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 9.9% 5.0%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 4.5% (since launch on Feb 25, 2026) 5.0%

Price change, 1 year +3.5% 0.0%

Total return, 1 year +8.2% (since launch on Feb 25, 2026) +5.2%

Benchmark return, 1 year +10.9% +15.7%

Ahead or behind −2.7 pts −10.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 217 days 1002 days

Net assets $2.2bn $14m

ACYN and JANJ 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.

JANJ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, JANJ paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.0%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACYN or JANJ?: ACYN charges 0.75% a year and JANJ charges 0.79%, so ACYN 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 ↗JANJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JANJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator page for JANJ ↗

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

Open data

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