Which is cheaper, ACYS or CAIE?

ACYS charges 0.75% a year and CAIE charges 0.74%, so CAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

1.9%

ACYS cash paid, since launch

14.0%

CAIE cash paid, 1 year

+4.4%

ACYS total return, since launch

+11.8%

CAIE total return, 1 year

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% 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.

CAIE · 1 year to Sep 30, 20263.9 pts behind SPY

CAIE

+11.8%

SPY

+15.7%

3.9 pts behind SPY

CAIE over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −3.1%, total +11.8%, SPY +15.7%, −3.9 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

CAIE

+11.8%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

3.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.9 pts behind SPY

CAIE over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −3.1%, total +11.8%, SPY +15.7%, −3.9 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

CAIE

+11.8%

14.0% as cash

3.9 pts behind SPY

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. CAIE over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −3.1%, total +11.8%, SPY +15.7%, −3.9 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACYS and CAIE 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 ACYS CAIE

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 CAIE

Calamos Tax-Aware Collateral ETF 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	ACYS	CAIE	ACYS	CAIE	ACYS	CAIE
3 months	+2.4%	+0.9%	1.3%	2.3%	−0.1 pts	−1.6 pts
6 months	not published	+13.2%	not published	6.3%	not published	−3.8 pts
1 year	not published	+11.8%	not published	14.0%	not published	−3.9 pts
Since launch ACYS Apr 2026 · CAIE Jun 2025	+4.4%	+26.1%	1.9%	18.1%	−3.8 pts	−1.2 pts

ACYS and CAIE 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

CAIE

Calamos Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Calamos

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% 14.1%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.74%

Cash paid, 1 year 1.9% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) 14.0%

Price change, 1 year +2.4% −3.1%

Total return, 1 year +4.4% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) +11.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.2% +15.7%

Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −3.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 160 days 462 days

Net assets $502m $872m

ACYS and CAIE 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.

CAIE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, CAIE paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.8%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.9 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACYS or CAIE?: ACYS charges 0.75% a year and CAIE charges 0.74%, so CAIE 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 ↗CAIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CAIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Calamos website ↗

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

Open data

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