Which is cheaper, ACYS or JULJ?

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

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

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

1.9%

ACYS cash paid, since launch

5.7%

JULJ cash paid, 1 year

+4.4%

ACYS total return, since launch

+5.1%

JULJ 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.

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, ACYS 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 ACYS JULJ

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 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	ACYS	JULJ	ACYS	JULJ	ACYS	JULJ
3 months	+2.4%	+1.6%	1.3%	1.4%	−0.1 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 ACYS Apr 2026 · JULJ Jul 2023	+4.4%	+20.6%	1.9%	19.0%	−3.8 pts	−58.2 pts

ACYS 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

ACYS

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

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 monthly quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 7.7% 5.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 1.9% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) 5.7%

Price change, 1 year +2.4% −0.7%

Total return, 1 year +4.4% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) +5.1%

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.2% +15.7%

Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −10.6 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 160 days 1185 days

Net assets $502m $14m

ACYS and JULJ 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.

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, ACYS or JULJ?: ACYS charges 0.75% a year and JULJ charges 0.79%, 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 ↗JULJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JULJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator page for JULJ ↗

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

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