ATCL REX Autocallable Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Since its launch on Feb 18, 2026, ATCL paid 6.8% in cash and still finished 7.0 points behind SPY.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, ATCL returned +4.9% with distributions reinvested and S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.0%, so a holder came out behind it by 7.0 points. The lighter segment is the 6.8% 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% | −1.9% | +1.6% | +3.3% | −1.7 pts |
| 6 months | 6.9% | −0.3% | +6.7% | +16.0% | −9.3 pts |
| Since launch | 6.8% | −2.0% | +4.9% | +12.0% | −7.0 pts |
When ATCL pays
ATCL pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.2825 a share, which went ex on Aug 18, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Sep 15, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | $0.2825 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | $0.2825 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for ATCL (6, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | $0.2825 |
| Jul 14, 2026 | $0.2813 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | $0.2851 |
| May 19, 2026 | $0.2853 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | $0.2821 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.2798 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Feb 18, 2026, ATCL has returned +4.9% with distributions reinvested, against +12.0% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, and has paid out 6.8% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays monthly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%. REX estimates that 77% of the distribution paid Aug 19, 2026 was a return of capital. That is the issuer’s own Rule 19a-1 estimate and a tax characterization, made before the fund year closes: it says the payment included money the fund gave back rather than earned, not that the fund is eroding.
| Strategy | option income |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 10, 2026) | $47m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 13.8% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 12, 2026) | 0.65% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 6.9% |
| Launched | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (REX 19a-1 estimate) | 77.0% |
| Pays | monthly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 28 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 2 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.2825 ex Aug 18, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 6 distributions | $1.6961 |
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 ATCL paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, ATCL paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 2.0%.
- Is ATCL ahead of SPY?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, ATCL returned +4.9% against +12.0% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, so a holder was behind it by 7.0 points.
- How often does ATCL pay, and how much?
- ATCL pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 13.8% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the ATCL distribution return of capital?
- REX estimates 77% of the distribution paid Aug 19, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does ATCL next pay a distribution?
- ATCL pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Aug 18, 2026 at $0.2825 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Sep 15, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does ATCL cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year.
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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