Which is cheaper, ACYQ or JANQ?

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

ACYQ vs JANQ: which paid, and which earned it?

ACYQ and JANQ both write options for income. FT Vest Autocallable Barrier & High Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January.

1.9%

ACYQ cash paid, since launch

0.0%

JANQ cash paid, since launch

+8.0%

ACYQ total return, since launch

0.0%

JANQ total return, since launch

ACYQ · since launch to Sep 30, 20263.7 pts ahead of SPY

ACYQ

+8.0%

SPY

+4.3%

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

ACYQ since launch: paid 1.9%, price +6.0%, total +8.0%, SPY +4.3%, +3.7 pts.

SPY

+4.3%

ACYQ

+8.0%

1.9% as cash

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

ACYQ since launch: paid 1.9%, price +6.0%, total +8.0%, SPY +4.3%, +3.7 pts.

SPY

+4.3%

ACYQ

+8.0%

3.7 pts ahead of SPY

1.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACYQ since launch: paid 1.9%, price +6.0%, total +8.0%, SPY +4.3%, +3.7 pts.

JANQ · since launch to Sep 30, 20260.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ

0.0%

SPY

+0.9%

0.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

JANQ

0.0%

0.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

JANQ

0.0%

0.9 pts behind SPY

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +8.0%. JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACYQ	JANQ	ACYQ	JANQ	ACYQ	JANQ
3 months	+6.0%	not published	1.8%	not published	+3.5 pts	not published
Since launch ACYQ Jun 2026 · JANQ Sep 2026	+8.0%	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	+3.7 pts	−0.9 pts

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

On the same fields

ACYQ

FT Vest Autocallable Barrier & High Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY

JANQ

Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January · Defined income on SPY

Issuer First Trust Innovator

Strategy autocallable defined income

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

Pays not established not established

Payout rate, annualized 21.0% not published

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 1.9% (since launch on Jun 24, 2026) 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +6.0% 0.0%

Total return, 1 year +8.0% (since launch on Jun 24, 2026) 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +4.3% +0.9%

Ahead or behind +3.7 pts −0.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 98 days 20 days

Net assets $78m not published

ACYQ and JANQ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACYQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Jun 24, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACYQ paid 1.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +4.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.7 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 21.0%, paid periodically.

JANQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Sep 10, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, JANQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned 0.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +0.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACYQ or JANQ?: ACYQ charges 0.75% a year and JANQ charges 0.79%, so ACYQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ACYQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACYQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for ACYQ ↗JANQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JANQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator website ↗

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ETFIQ, ACYQ against JANQ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acyq-vs-janq

Open data

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