Which is cheaper, ACYN or MRA?

ACYN charges 0.75% a year and MRA charges 1.07%, so ACYN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

ACYN and MRA both write options for income. FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income ETF and GraniteShares Autocallable MARA ETF.

4.5%

ACYN cash paid, since launch

13.7%

MRA cash paid, since launch

+8.2%

ACYN total return, since launch

+4.6%

MRA 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% 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.

MRA · since launch to Sep 30, 202625.5 pts ahead of MARA

MRA

+4.6%

MARA

−20.9%

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

MRA since launch: paid 13.7%, price −10.4%, total +4.6%, MARA −20.9%, +25.5 pts.

MARA

−20.9%

MRA

+4.6%

13.7% cash

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

Total return, distributions reinvested

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

MRA since launch: paid 13.7%, price −10.4%, total +4.6%, MARA −20.9%, +25.5 pts.

MARA

−20.9%

MRA

+4.6%

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

13.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +10.9%. MRA since launch: paid 13.7%, price −10.4%, total +4.6%, MARA −20.9%, +25.5 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACYN	MRA	ACYN	MRA	ACYN	MRA
3 months	+3.2%	+7.2%	1.8%	7.5%	+0.7 pts	+22.4 pts
6 months	+7.0%	not published	4.4%	not published	−10.0 pts	not published
Since launch ACYN Feb 2026 · MRA May 2026	+8.2%	+4.6%	4.5%	13.7%	−2.7 pts	+25.5 pts

ACYN and MRA 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

MRA

GraniteShares Autocallable MARA ETF · Autocallable on MARA, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust GraniteShares

Strategy autocallable autocallable

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.9% 45.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 1.07%

Cash paid, 1 year 4.5% (since launch on Feb 25, 2026) 13.7% (since launch on May 27, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +3.5% −10.4%

Total return, 1 year +8.2% (since launch on Feb 25, 2026) +4.6% (since launch on May 27, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +10.9% −20.9%

Ahead or behind −2.7 pts +25.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 217 days 126 days

Net assets $2.2bn $1m

ACYN and MRA 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.

MRA in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 27, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, MRA paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. MARA (MARA) returned −20.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 25.5 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 45.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACYN or MRA?: ACYN charges 0.75% a year and MRA charges 1.07%, 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 ↗MRA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MRA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗GraniteShares page for MRA ↗

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

Open data

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