Which is cheaper, ACYQ or JULJ?

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

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

ACYQ and JULJ both write options for income. FT Vest Autocallable Barrier & High Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July.

1.9%

ACYQ cash paid, since launch

5.7%

JULJ cash paid, 1 year

+8.0%

ACYQ total return, since launch

+5.1%

JULJ total return, 1 year

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% 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.

JULJ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202610.6 pts behind SPY

JULJ

+5.1%

SPY

+15.7%

10.6 pts behind SPY

JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price −0.7%, total +5.1%, SPY +15.7%, −10.6 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

JULJ

+5.1%

5.7% of it arrived as cash

10.6 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.6 pts behind SPY

JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price −0.7%, total +5.1%, SPY +15.7%, −10.6 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

JULJ

+5.1%

10.6 pts behind SPY

5.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.7%, price −0.7%, total +5.1%, SPY +15.7%, −10.6 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACYQ and JULJ 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 ACYQ JULJ

Only in ACYQ

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026 31.38%

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 30.47%

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 12/31/2026 30.12%

US Dollar 4.29%

ACYQ Autocall Derivative JPMorgan 1.53%

ACYQ Autocall Derivative Citi 1.12%

ACYQ Autocall Derivative BNP 1.10%

Only in JULJ

TREASURY BILL 100.00%

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	ACYQ	JULJ	ACYQ	JULJ	ACYQ	JULJ
3 months	+6.0%	+1.6%	1.8%	1.4%	+3.5 pts	−0.9 pts
6 months	not published	+2.8%	not published	2.7%	not published	−14.2 pts
1 year	not published	+5.1%	not published	5.7%	not published	−10.6 pts
3 years	not published	+19.3%	not published	17.4%	not published	−65.7 pts
Since launch ACYQ Jun 2026 · JULJ Jul 2023	+8.0%	+20.6%	1.9%	19.0%	+3.7 pts	−58.2 pts

ACYQ and JULJ 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

JULJ

Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July · 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 not established quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 21.0% 5.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 1.9% (since launch on Jun 24, 2026) 5.7%

Price change, 1 year +6.0% −0.7%

Total return, 1 year +8.0% (since launch on Jun 24, 2026) +5.1%

Benchmark return, 1 year +4.3% +15.7%

Ahead or behind +3.7 pts −10.6 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 98 days 1185 days

Net assets $78m $14m

ACYQ and JULJ 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.

JULJ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, JULJ paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.6 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.4%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

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

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

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