# How REX Autocallable Income ETF (ATCL) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

> Source: EasyCompare research, https://easycompare.io/research/atcl
> Data as of October 20, 2026. Total returns include reinvested dividends. Past performance does not predict future results; nothing here is investment advice.

Built by QuantCommons' quantitative engine, this page is about relative opportunity, not data on ATCL alone. It places ATCL (REX Autocallable Income ETF) against 5 popular alternatives, its neighboring categories and the entire market of over 10,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and surfaces what has done better on consistent outperformance, return for the risk taken and diversification. The result is a clearer view of where ATCL stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: ATCL's full trading record. All returns include reinvested dividends. Data as of October 20, 2026.

## Key findings

- **Right now:** Over the past 6 months, ATCL rose 3.5% against 9.1% for the S&P 500 and 11.2% for the Nasdaq 100. That said, ATCL sits 1.2% below its record high, and the S&P 500 is similarly close to its own.
- **Fund or market?:** ATCL rose 1.4% over the past 3 months, 2.5 points behind the S&P 500, which rose 3.9%.

## ATCL at a glance

This section summarizes the key facts about the fund, its returns over the months since it began trading and the risk it has carried, with dividends reinvested throughout.

- ATCL's deepest decline since it began trading in 2026 was 6.1%, from February to March 2026. It took one month from the low to climb back to its old high.
- ATCL is 1.2% below its all-time high.

- Type: ETF, Dividend & Income (Asset Management - Income)
- Trading since: February 18, 2026
- Assets: $47M
- Expense ratio: 0.65%
- Worst decline ever: −6.1%, from February 25, 2026 to March 30, 2026; back at its high by April 14, 2026

| Period | ATCL total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | −0.6% |
| 3 months | +1.4% |
| 6 months | +3.5% |

## ATCL against its popular alternatives

The investments people most often weigh against ATCL, compared period by period and year by year.

### Has ATCL consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

This section compares ATCL with the investments people most often weigh against it, checking each one over three periods from one month to six months.

- All five popular alternatives, led by SVOL, SPYI and JEPQ, outperformed ATCL in at least 2 of 3 timeframes.

| Investment | Periods ahead of ATCL | Verdict | Sharpe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ATCL: REX Autocallable Income ETF (this page) |  |  | — |
| SVOL: Simplify Volatility Premium ETF | 3/3 short-term | consistent | — |
| SPYI: Neos S&P 500(R) High Income ETF | 3/3 short-term | consistent | — |
| [JEPQ](https://easycompare.io/research/jepq): JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | 2/3 short-term | consistent | — |
| CAIE: Calamos Autocallable Income ETF | 2/3 short-term | consistent | — |
| [JEPI](https://easycompare.io/research/jepi): JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | 2/3 short-term | consistent | — |

## Risk and diversification

How ATCL has fallen, how it held up in crashes beside the S&P 500 and its popular alternatives, and what moves independently of it.

### What were ATCL's worst declines?

A drawdown is the decline from a peak to the lowest point before a new high.

- None of these declines kept ATCL below its old high for long; the longest climb back took one months.

| Decline | Peak | Low | Back at the high | SPY over the same dates | Market event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −6.1% | February 25, 2026 | March 30, 2026 | April 14, 2026 | −8.6% |  |

## Common questions

### What was ATCL's worst drawdown?

ATCL's deepest decline since it began trading in 2026 was 6.1%, from February to March 2026. It took one month from the low to climb back to its old high. Because ATCL launched in February 2026, that record does not include the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis or eight other sell-offs.

### What are the best alternatives to ATCL?

Of the five popular alternatives we compared, five outperformed ATCL in at least 2 of 3 timeframes, with dividends reinvested: SVOL, SPYI and JEPQ.

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## Explore further

- Full page with charts: https://easycompare.io/research/atcl
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