Which is cheaper, ACYS or ANV?

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

ACYS vs ANV: which paid, and which earned it?

ACYS and ANV both write options for income. FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF and GraniteShares Autocallable NVDA ETF.

1.9%

ACYS cash paid, since launch

9.5%

ANV cash paid, since launch

+4.4%

ACYS total return, since launch

+13.2%

ANV total return, since launch

ACYS · since launch to Sep 30, 20263.8 pts behind SPY

ACYS

+4.4%

SPY

+8.2%

3.8 pts behind SPY

ACYS since launch: paid 1.9%, price +2.4%, total +4.4%, SPY +8.2%, −3.8 pts.

SPY

+8.2%

ACYS

+4.4%

3.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind SPY

ACYS since launch: paid 1.9%, price +2.4%, total +4.4%, SPY +8.2%, −3.8 pts.

SPY

+8.2%

ACYS

+4.4%

3.8 pts behind SPY

1.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACYS since launch: paid 1.9%, price +2.4%, total +4.4%, SPY +8.2%, −3.8 pts.

ANV · since launch to Sep 30, 202613.8 pts behind NVDA

ANV

+13.2%

NVDA

+26.9%

13.8 pts behind NVDA

ANV since launch: paid 9.5%, price +3.0%, total +13.2%, NVDA +26.9%, −13.8 pts.

NVDA

+26.9%

ANV

+13.2%

9.5% of it arrived as cash

13.8 pts behind NVDA

Total return, distributions reinvested

13.8 pts behind NVDA

ANV since launch: paid 9.5%, price +3.0%, total +13.2%, NVDA +26.9%, −13.8 pts.

NVDA

+26.9%

ANV

+13.2%

13.8 pts behind NVDA

9.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +26.9%. ANV since launch: paid 9.5%, price +3.0%, total +13.2%, NVDA +26.9%, −13.8 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACYS	ANV	ACYS	ANV	ACYS	ANV
3 months	+2.4%	+5.3%	1.3%	2.5%	−0.1 pts	−10.4 pts
6 months	not published	+11.1%	not published	6.8%	not published	−19.2 pts
Since launch ACYS Apr 2026 · ANV Feb 2026	+4.4%	+13.2%	1.9%	9.5%	−3.8 pts	−13.8 pts

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

On the same fields

ACYS

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

ANV

GraniteShares Autocallable NVDA ETF · Autocallable on NVDA, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust GraniteShares

Strategy autocallable autocallable

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.7% 13.9%

Expense ratio 0.75% 1.07%

Cash paid, 1 year 1.9% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) 9.5% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +2.4% +3.0%

Total return, 1 year +4.4% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) +13.2% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.2% +26.9%

Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −13.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 5%

Age 160 days 239 days

Net assets $502m $7m

ACYS and ANV on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACYS in plain words

Over the period since launch on Apr 23, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACYS paid 1.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +8.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.7%, paid monthly.

ANV in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ANV paid 9.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.2%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +26.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.8 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.9%, paid monthly. GraniteShares estimates that 5% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 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, ACYS or ANV?: ACYS charges 0.75% a year and ANV charges 1.07%, so ACYS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ACYS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACYS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for ACYS ↗ANV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ANV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ANV 19a-1 distribution notice ↗GraniteShares page for ANV ↗

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ETFIQ, ACYS against ANV, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acys-vs-anv

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