Which is cheaper, AHD or OCTJ?

AHD charges 1.07% a year and OCTJ charges 0.79%, so OCTJ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

AHD vs OCTJ: which paid, and which earned it?

AHD and OCTJ both write options for income. GraniteShares Autocallable HOOD ETF and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October.

10.1%

AHD cash paid, since launch

5.3%

OCTJ cash paid, 1 year

+17.7%

AHD total return, since launch

+5.5%

OCTJ total return, 1 year

AHD · since launch to Sep 30, 202634 pts behind HOOD

AHD

+17.7%

HOOD

+51.7%

34 pts behind HOOD

AHD since launch: paid 10.1%, price +6.9%, total +17.7%, HOOD +51.7%, −34.0 pts.

HOOD

+51.7%

AHD

+17.7%

10.1% as cash

34 pts behind HOOD

Total return, distributions reinvested

34 pts behind HOOD

AHD since launch: paid 10.1%, price +6.9%, total +17.7%, HOOD +51.7%, −34.0 pts.

HOOD

+51.7%

AHD

+17.7%

34 pts behind HOOD

10.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AHD since launch: paid 10.1%, price +6.9%, total +17.7%, HOOD +51.7%, −34.0 pts.

OCTJ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202610.3 pts behind SPY

OCTJ

+5.5%

SPY

+15.7%

10.3 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price 0.0%, total +5.5%, SPY +15.7%, −10.3 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

OCTJ

+5.5%

10.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.3 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price 0.0%, total +5.5%, SPY +15.7%, −10.3 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

OCTJ

+5.5%

10.3 pts behind SPY

5.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +51.7%. OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price 0.0%, total +5.5%, SPY +15.7%, −10.3 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	AHD	OCTJ	AHD	OCTJ	AHD	OCTJ
3 months	+9.1%	+1.0%	5.1%	1.3%	+5.5 pts	−1.5 pts
6 months	not published	+3.4%	not published	2.7%	not published	−13.6 pts
1 year	not published	+5.5%	not published	5.3%	not published	−10.3 pts
Since launch AHD May 2026 · OCTJ Oct 2023	+17.7%	+18.9%	10.1%	17.2%	−34.0 pts	−66.1 pts

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

On the same fields

AHD

GraniteShares Autocallable HOOD ETF · Autocallable on HOOD, paying monthly

OCTJ

Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly

Issuer GraniteShares Innovator

Strategy autocallable defined income

Benchmark Robinhood (HOOD) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 32.6% 5.3%

Expense ratio 1.07% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 10.1% (since launch on May 19, 2026) 5.3%

Price change, 1 year +6.9% 0.0%

Total return, 1 year +17.7% (since launch on May 19, 2026) +5.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +51.7% +15.7%

Ahead or behind −34.0 pts −10.3 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 17% not published

Age 134 days 1094 days

Net assets $3m $15m

AHD and OCTJ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

AHD in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 19, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, AHD paid 10.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Robinhood (HOOD) returned +51.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 34.0 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 32.6%, paid monthly. GraniteShares estimates that 17% of the distribution paid Aug 14, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

OCTJ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, OCTJ paid 5.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.3 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, AHD or OCTJ?: AHD charges 1.07% a year and OCTJ charges 0.79%, so OCTJ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

AHD vs MRA AHD vs MSR AHD vs OCTH AHD vs PLA OCTJ vs SDVD OCTJ vs SEPI OCTJ vs SIOO OCTJ vs SIXH

S&P 500 (SPY) →AHD on its own →OCTJ on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

AHD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AHD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗AHD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗GraniteShares page for AHD ↗OCTJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗OCTJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator page for OCTJ ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page

ETFIQ, AHD against OCTJ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ahd-vs-octj

Open data

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