Which is cheaper, ACYS or ATCL?

ACYS charges 0.75% a year and ATCL charges 0.65%, so ATCL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

ACYS and ATCL both write options for income. FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF and REX Autocallable Income ETF.

1.9%

ACYS cash paid, since launch

7.9%

ATCL cash paid, since launch

+4.4%

ACYS total return, since launch

+5.0%

ATCL 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%

1.9% as cash

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.

ATCL · since launch to Sep 30, 20267 pts behind SPY

ATCL

+5.0%

SPY

+12.0%

7 pts behind SPY

ATCL since launch: paid 7.9%, price −3.0%, total +5.0%, SPY +12.0%, −7.0 pts.

SPY

+12.0%

ATCL

+5.0%

7.9% of it arrived as cash

7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7 pts behind SPY

ATCL since launch: paid 7.9%, price −3.0%, total +5.0%, SPY +12.0%, −7.0 pts.

SPY

+12.0%

ATCL

+5.0%

7 pts behind SPY

7.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +12.0%. ATCL since launch: paid 7.9%, price −3.0%, total +5.0%, SPY +12.0%, −7.0 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACYS and ATCL 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACYS ATCL

Only in ACYS

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026 33.88%

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 12/31/2026 33.55%

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 30.06%

US Dollar 1.65%

ACYS Autocall Derivative Citi 0.46%

ACYS Autocall Derivative BNP 0.20%

ACYS Autocall Derivative JPMorgan 0.20%

Only in ATCL

TREASURY BILL 95.94%

The Laddered T-Bill ETF 4.06%

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	ACYS	ATCL	ACYS	ATCL	ACYS	ATCL
3 months	+2.4%	+1.4%	1.3%	3.4%	−0.1 pts	−1.1 pts
6 months	not published	+7.5%	not published	7.0%	not published	−9.5 pts
Since launch ACYS Apr 2026 · ATCL Feb 2026	+4.4%	+5.0%	1.9%	7.9%	−3.8 pts	−7.0 pts

ACYS and ATCL 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

ATCL

REX Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust REX

Strategy autocallable autocallable

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.7% 13.7%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 1.9% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) 7.9% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +2.4% −3.0%

Total return, 1 year +4.4% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) +5.0% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.2% +12.0%

Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −7.0 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 77%

Age 160 days 224 days

Net assets $502m $48m

ACYS and ATCL 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.

ATCL in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ATCL paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.0 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.7%, paid monthly. REX estimates that 77% of the distribution paid Aug 19, 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 ATCL?: ACYS charges 0.75% a year and ATCL charges 0.65%, so ATCL 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 ↗ATCL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ATCL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ATCL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗REX page for ATCL ↗

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

Open data

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