ACYQ: First Trust Laddered Autocallable Income ETF (individual stocks)
First Trust · Autocallable / Structured Income
$18.01
Price (November 6, 2026)
4.2%
12-month yield
Forward rate 26.2%
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1-year total return
Price –
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Earned % (1 year)
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DT Score
29
Momentum · #328 of 473
Growth of $100
Green is what an investor who reinvested every payout would have; red is the price alone. The gap between them is the income. If the red line keeps falling, the payouts are partly your own money coming back.
Total return (payouts reinvested)Price onlySPY total return
Risk
| Sortino ratio (1Y) | -1.26 |
| Sharpe ratio (1Y) | -1.09 |
| Steadiness vs S&P 500 | 72% |
| Beta to S&P 500 | 0.94 |
| Correlation to S&P 500 | 0.67 |
| Max drop (1Y) | -16.4% |
| Max drop (up to 5 yrs) | -16.4% |
| Trend | Down (short history) |
| History | 0.4 yrs |
Vs. SPY (what it's built on)
| Upside capture | 65% |
| Downside capture | 89% |
| Capture ratio | 0.73 |
| Beta | 0.94 |
| Correlation | 0.67 |
| Tracking | – |
On days SPY rose, ACYQ caught 65% of the gain; on days it fell, ACYQ took 89% of the loss.
Payout history
Each bar is one payout (last 2 shown). Pays Monthly.
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | $0.3940 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.3720 |
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| Fund | Category | Fwd rate | 12m yield | 1Y total ret. | Earned % 1Y | Upside capt. | Downside capt. | Tracking | DT Score | Momentum | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACII Innovator Index Autocallable Income Strategy ETF | Autocallable / Structured Income | 10.1% | 8.6% | +6.8% | 79% | 29% | 24% | – | 66 | 57 | Downtrend |
| ACEI Innovator Equity Autocallable Income Strategy ETF | Autocallable / Structured Income | 13.6% | 12.3% | +1.8% | 7% | 51% | 55% | – | 39 | 50 | Downtrend |
| TLA GraniteShares Autocallable TSLA ETF | Autocallable / Structured Income | 19.9% | 12.9% | – | – | 74% | 63% | – | – | 81 | Down (short history) |
| ACYS FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF | Autocallable / Structured Income | 7.9% | 2.6% | – | – | 21% | 16% | – | – | 69 | Down (short history) |
| DACL REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF | Autocallable / Structured Income | 6.9% | 1.1% | – | – | 3% | -1% | – | – | – | Down (short history) |
About ACYQ
| Issuer | First Trust |
| Structure | ETF |
| Category | Autocallable / Structured Income |
| Strategy | Laddered autocallables across 10-15 large non-financial US stocks |
| Underlying | Large-cap US single stocks |
| Exposure | Autocallables |
| Index linkage | No - active |
| Pays | Monthly |
| Expense ratio | – |
| Launched | 2026-06 |
| Uses leverage | Yes |
| Upside capped | Yes |
| Rate sensitivity | Moderate |
| Return of capital common | Sometimes |
| Tax notes | Distributions may be ordinary income, ROC or both; swap-based - verify |
Research notes: Launched 2026-06-24. Verify.
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