ACYS: FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF
First Trust · Autocallable / Structured Income
$20.16
Price (November 6, 2026)
2.6%
12-month yield
Forward rate 7.9%
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1-year total return
Price –
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Earned % (1 year)
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DT Score
69
Momentum · #103 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) | 0.51 |
| Sharpe ratio (1Y) | 0.38 |
| Steadiness vs S&P 500 | 350% |
| Beta to S&P 500 | 0.17 |
| Correlation to S&P 500 | 0.61 |
| Max drop (1Y) | -1.8% |
| Max drop (up to 5 yrs) | -1.8% |
| Trend | Down (short history) |
| History | 0.5 yrs |
Vs. SPY (what it's built on)
| Upside capture | 21% |
| Downside capture | 16% |
| Capture ratio | 1.31 |
| Beta | 0.17 |
| Correlation | 0.61 |
| Tracking | – |
On days SPY rose, ACYS caught 21% of the gain; on days it fell, ACYS took 16% of the loss.
Payout history
Each bar is one payout (last 4 shown). Pays Monthly.
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | $0.1330 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.1330 |
| 2026-08-03 | $0.1350 |
| 2026-07-01 | $0.1230 |
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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 |
| ACYQ First Trust Laddered Autocallable Income ETF (individual stocks) | Autocallable / Structured Income | 26.2% | 4.2% | – | – | 65% | 89% | – | – | 29 | Down (short history) |
| TLA GraniteShares Autocallable TSLA ETF | Autocallable / Structured Income | 19.9% | 12.9% | – | – | 74% | 63% | – | – | 81 | Down (short history) |
| DACL REX Defensive Autocallable Income ETF | Autocallable / Structured Income | 6.9% | 1.1% | – | – | 3% | -1% | – | – | – | Down (short history) |
About ACYS
| Issuer | First Trust |
| Structure | ETF |
| Category | Autocallable / Structured Income |
| Strategy | Laddered autocallable barrier structure |
| Underlying | Equity-linked |
| Exposure | Autocallables |
| Index linkage | Partial - options/overlay on index |
| Pays | Monthly |
| Expense ratio | – |
| Uses leverage | No |
| Upside capped | Yes |
| Rate sensitivity | Low |
| Return of capital common | Sometimes |
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