Which is cheaper, ACYS or MRA?

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

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

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

1.9%

ACYS cash paid, since launch

13.7%

MRA cash paid, since launch

+4.4%

ACYS total return, since launch

+4.6%

MRA 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.

MRA · since launch to Sep 30, 202625.5 pts ahead of MARA

MRA

+4.6%

MARA

−20.9%

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

MRA since launch: paid 13.7%, price −10.4%, total +4.6%, MARA −20.9%, +25.5 pts.

MARA

−20.9%

MRA

+4.6%

13.7% cash

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

Total return, distributions reinvested

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

MRA since launch: paid 13.7%, price −10.4%, total +4.6%, MARA −20.9%, +25.5 pts.

MARA

−20.9%

MRA

+4.6%

25.5 pts ahead of MARA

13.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +8.2%. MRA since launch: paid 13.7%, price −10.4%, total +4.6%, MARA −20.9%, +25.5 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACYS	MRA	ACYS	MRA	ACYS	MRA
3 months	+2.4%	+7.2%	1.3%	7.5%	−0.1 pts	+22.4 pts
Since launch ACYS Apr 2026 · MRA May 2026	+4.4%	+4.6%	1.9%	13.7%	−3.8 pts	+25.5 pts

ACYS and MRA 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

MRA

GraniteShares Autocallable MARA ETF · Autocallable on MARA, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust GraniteShares

Strategy autocallable autocallable

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.7% 45.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 1.07%

Cash paid, 1 year 1.9% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) 13.7% (since launch on May 27, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +2.4% −10.4%

Total return, 1 year +4.4% (since launch on Apr 23, 2026) +4.6% (since launch on May 27, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +8.2% −20.9%

Ahead or behind −3.8 pts +25.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 160 days 126 days

Net assets $502m $1m

ACYS and MRA 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.

MRA in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 27, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, MRA paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. MARA (MARA) returned −20.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 25.5 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 45.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

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

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

Open data

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