ACEI Innovator Equity Autocallable Income Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Since its launch on Sep 25, 2025, ACEI paid 10.1% in cash and still finished 10.8 points behind SPY.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, ACEI returned +6.3% with distributions reinvested and S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +17.1%, so a holder came out behind it by 10.8 points. The lighter segment is the 10.1% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | SPY | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 3.4% | +0.9% | +4.4% | +3.3% | +1.1 pts |
| 6 months | 6.4% | 0.0% | +6.6% | +16.0% | −9.4 pts |
| Since launch | 10.1% | −4.4% | +6.3% | +17.1% | −10.8 pts |
When ACEI pays
ACEI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2551 a share, which went ex on Aug 31, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 31 days the ex-date falls near Oct 1, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 | $0.2551 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for ACEI (10, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.2551 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.2551 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.2937 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.2444 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.2384 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.2384 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.2384 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $0.2384 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.2384 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.2819 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Sep 25, 2025, ACEI has returned +6.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.1% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, and has paid out 10.1% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays monthly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 12.8%. No Rule 19a-1 notice has been published for this fund, so there is no issuer estimate of how much of its distributions was a return of capital.
| Strategy | option income |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Net assets (source, as filed for Apr 30, 2026) | $35m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 12.8% |
| Expense ratio | not read by ETFIQ |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 10.6% |
| Launched | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Pays | monthly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 31 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 2 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.2551 ex Aug 31, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 10 distributions | $2.5218 |
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much has ACEI paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Sep 25, 2025 to Sep 11, 2026, ACEI paid 10.1% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 4.4%.
- Is ACEI ahead of SPY?
- Over the period from its launch on Sep 25, 2025 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, ACEI returned +6.3% against +17.1% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, so a holder was behind it by 10.8 points.
- How often does ACEI pay, and how much?
- ACEI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 12.8% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- When does ACEI next pay a distribution?
- ACEI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Aug 31, 2026 at $0.2551 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 31 days the ex-date falls near Oct 1, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
The words on this page
- Total return
- What a holder actually ended up with: price change plus every distribution, reinvested. The only figure that answers whether you came out ahead.
- Cash paid
- Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
- Ahead or behind
- The fund’s total return minus the benchmark’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. Both sides reinvest.
- Return of capital
- The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.
- Covered call
- Selling call options on shares the fund holds. It collects a premium and gives up the gains above the strike, which is why these funds pay well and lag a rising market.
Every term used here, defined in full on the income ETFs vocabulary page.
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