

FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Resilient Income ETF
$20.46−0.02 (−0.10%)
- 0.75%
- $540M
- 0.4M sh
- $20.41
- low $20.08high $21.05
The ETF.net ACYS Grade
Score 55 out of 100
- 10 of 24
Score 55 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D30 out of 100Rank 15 of 24Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A97 out of 100Rank 1 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B60 out of 100Rank 8 of 24Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A72 out of 100Rank 8 of 24
Our read on ACYS
BStructured notes without the bank paperwork. ACYS uses laddered swaps to mimic autocallable payoffs on S&P 500 names: coupon-style income, a barrier meant to absorb the first slice of losses, in a wrapper you can trade daily.
The Fund seeks to provide investors with distributions while limiting downside market volatility. It pursues this objective through swaps and/or option contracts designed to replicate a laddered portfolio of synthetic autocallable contracts.
Why people hold it
- Autocallable payoffs usually arrive as bank-issued notes with minimums and lockups. Here the same shape sits inside an ETF that trades on an exchange any market day.businesswire.com
- The ladder staggers contract maturities and call dates, so coupon terms and barrier levels reset across many market environments instead of resting on one entry date.businesswire.com
- The 0.75% fee sits right at the median for options-income overlay funds, and the build rates as one of the stronger implementations in that peer group.
- Actively run against the S&P 500 as its reference, so the manager resets terms as contracts roll rather than tracking a fixed rules-based overlay.
Worth knowing
- Cheaper income overlays exist: LQDW charges 0.34%, YLDE 0.47%. The autocallable machinery costs more to operate.
- Barriers cushion, they do not erase. Breach one and losses follow the underlying stocks, while a strong rally mostly passes by, because your upside is the coupons.
- Exposure runs through OTC swaps with dealer counterparties rather than listed options, so counterparty strength is part of what you own.
ACYS Holdings
- Other
- 7
- 100%
- U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026
ACYS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ACYS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | +0.7% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ACYS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.6% |
ACYS in the news



Category Review
The largest alternatives fund has no one-year record



ACYS Dividends
- $0.13 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
ACYS Risk
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How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
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How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
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How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.12
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ACYS Cost
- The middle half of Other Index Option Income funds
- Median 0.73%
14 of the 24 Other Index Option Income funds charge less.
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