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

ATCL and JANQ both write options for income. REX Autocallable Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January.

7.9%
ATCL cash paid, since launch
0.0%
JANQ cash paid, since launch
+5.0%
ATCL total return, since launch
0.0%
JANQ total return, since launch
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. ATCL since launch: paid 7.9%, price −3.0%, total +5.0%, SPY +12.0%, −7.0 pts.

JANQ · since launch to Sep 30, 20260.9 pts behind SPY
JANQ
0.0%
SPY
+0.9%

0.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

JANQ

0.0%

0.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

JANQ

0.0%

0.9 pts behind SPY

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +12.0%. JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

Performance, window by window

Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowATCLJANQATCLJANQATCLJANQ
3 months+1.4%not published3.4%not published−1.1 ptsnot published
6 months+7.5%not published7.0%not published−9.5 ptsnot published
Since launch
ATCL Feb 2026 · JANQ Sep 2026
+5.0%0.0%7.9%0.0%−7.0 pts−0.9 pts

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

On the same fields

ATCL
REX Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly
JANQ
Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January · Defined income on SPY
Issuer REX Innovator
Strategy autocallable defined income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 13.7% not published
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.9% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026) 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −3.0% 0.0%
Total return, 1 year +5.0% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026) 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.0% +0.9%
Ahead or behind −7.0 pts −0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 77% not published
Age 224 days 20 days
Net assets $48m not published

ATCL and JANQ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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).

JANQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Sep 10, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, JANQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned 0.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +0.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ATCL or JANQ?
ATCL charges 0.65% a year and JANQ charges 0.79%, so ATCL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

Open data

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