CAGE vs JULJ: which paid, and which earned it?
CAGE and JULJ both write options for income. Calamos Autocallable Growth ETF and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July.
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.
SPY
+9.2%
CAGE
+14.4%
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.
SPY
+9.2%
CAGE
+14.4%
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.
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, CAGE 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.
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0% in common
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 | CAGE | JULJ | CAGE | JULJ | CAGE | JULJ |
| 3 months | +3.7% | +1.6% | 0.0% | 1.4% | +1.1 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 CAGE Apr 2026 · JULJ Jul 2023 | +14.4% | +20.6% | 0.0% | 19.0% | +5.2 pts | −58.2 pts |
CAGE 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
CAGE and JULJ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CAGE in plain words
Over the period since launch on Apr 16, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, CAGE paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +9.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.2 pts.
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
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ETFIQ, CAGE against JULJ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cage-vs-julj
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