About this ETF
The Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF (CCEF) strives to provide investors with a significant recurring income stream on a monthly basis, combined with opportunities for long-term capital growth. It achieves this objective by strategically allocating its assets to closed-end funds that generate income and are available for purchase at appealing valuations below their intrinsic worth.
Description from the fund data provider · profile as of Aug 27, 2026.
Price Chart
Daily closing prices (price return, not total return). Comparison lines are normalized to percent change from the range start. Source: Financial Modeling Prep.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Incep.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price return | +2.30% | +1.40% | +0.08% | +4.25% | +4.54% | — | — | — | +7.65% |
| Total return | +2.98% | +3.41% | +4.16% | +9.24% | +13.32% | — | — | — | +15.97% |
* Annualized. Total return uses the dividend-adjusted price series (distributions reinvested); price return uses unadjusted closes. Performance through Aug 26, 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fees
| Net expense ratio | 0.74% | Annual cost of a $10,000 investment | $74.00 |
Illustrative calculation only: expense ratio × $10,000. It excludes trading costs, bid/ask spreads, taxes and changes in investment value. Gross vs. net expense details and any fee waivers are in the prospectus.
Holdings
Holdings as of Aug 22, 2026 — portfolio reporting date from the data provider; holdings are not live positions. 58 rows in database.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight | Shares | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eaton Vance Tax Managed Global Buy Write… | ETW | 4.19% | 153.22K | $1.5M |
| 2 | Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund | NIE | 3.99% | 54.73K | $1.4M |
| 3 | BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust | BMEZ | 3.76% | 79.37K | $1.3M |
| 4 | Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. | PEO | 3.62% | 45.73K | $1.3M |
| 5 | Bexil Investment Trust | DNIF | 3.62% | 72.14K | $1.3M |
| 6 | US DOLLAR | — | 3.42% | 1.22M | $1.2M |
| 7 | BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust | BGY | 2.97% | 184.29K | $1.1M |
| 8 | John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund | PDT | 2.96% | 83.82K | $1.1M |
| 9 | ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund… | EMO | 2.84% | 18.62K | $1.0M |
| 10 | Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology… | AIO | 2.73% | 38.13K | $978.0K |
| 11 | Templeton Emerging Markets Fund/United States | EMF | 2.64% | 42.90K | $945.5K |
| 12 | Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund | NMAI | 2.62% | 66.19K | $937.2K |
| 13 | Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund | SPXX | 2.61% | 49.22K | $934.7K |
| 14 | LMP Capital and Income Fund, Inc. | SCD | 2.59% | 59.33K | $928.4K |
| 15 | Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. | MSD | 2.51% | 124.21K | $898.1K |
| 16 | Neuberger Real Estate Securities Income Fund… | NRO | 2.40% | 290.88K | $859.6K |
| 17 | FS Credit Opportunities Corp. | FSCO | 2.12% | 147.65K | $758.9K |
| 18 | BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust | BDJ | 2.01% | 73.97K | $721.2K |
| 19 | Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. | RVT | 1.98% | 38.17K | $708.1K |
| 20 | Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income… | FFC | 1.97% | 43.73K | $706.2K |
| 21 | Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund | ERC | 1.96% | 75.60K | $703.8K |
| 22 | Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity… | ETY | 1.96% | 49.05K | $703.4K |
| 23 | PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. | GHY | 1.93% | 59.61K | $691.5K |
| 24 | Highland Opportunities and Income Fund | HFRO | 1.71% | 85.55K | $611.7K |
| 25 | GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income… | GGN | 1.69% | 108.34K | $605.6K |
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Sector Exposure
Geographic Exposure
Country weights as reported by the data provider. Developed/emerging/frontier labels follow the classification on the Methodology page. Currency hedged: No hedging indicated in the fund name.
Distributions
| Yield (TTM) | 7.87% | Paid (last 12 months) | $2.3653 |
| Frequency | Monthly | SEC yield | Not provided by our data source — see the issuer page |
| Last ex-date | Aug 03, 2026 | Last payment | $0.1948 (Aug 10, 2026) |
| Growth 1Y | +3.27% | Growth 3Y / 5Y (ann.) | — / — |
| Ex-date | Record | Pay date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 03, 2026 | Aug 03, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 | $0.1948 |
| Jul 01, 2026 | Jul 01, 2026 | Jul 09, 2026 | $0.1982 |
| Jun 01, 2026 | Jun 01, 2026 | Jun 08, 2026 | $0.1983 |
| May 01, 2026 | May 01, 2026 | May 08, 2026 | $0.1950 |
| Apr 01, 2026 | Apr 01, 2026 | Apr 08, 2026 | $0.1905 |
| Mar 02, 2026 | Mar 02, 2026 | Mar 09, 2026 | $0.2074 |
| Feb 02, 2026 | Feb 02, 2026 | Feb 09, 2026 | $0.1980 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.2179 |
| Dec 01, 2025 | Dec 01, 2025 | Dec 05, 2025 | $0.1910 |
| Nov 03, 2025 | Nov 03, 2025 | Nov 07, 2025 | $0.1920 |
| Oct 01, 2025 | Oct 01, 2025 | Oct 07, 2025 | $0.1921 |
| Sep 02, 2025 | Sep 02, 2025 | Sep 08, 2025 | $0.1900 |
Trailing distribution yield = last 12 months of cash ÷ current price. It is NOT the SEC 30-day yield and distributions are not guaranteed to continue. The difference explained →
Risk Statistics
| Volatility 1Y / 3Y | 8.40% / 10.55% | Sharpe 1Y / 3Y | 1.20 / 1.23 |
| Max drawdown 1Y / 3Y | -7.76% / -13.28% | Sortino 1Y | 1.73 |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (3Y) | 0.549 | Correlation vs S&P 500 (1Y) | 0.832 |
| Downside deviation 1Y | 5.80% | Risk-free rate used | 3.71% (3M T-bill, FRED) |
Computed by ETF Explorer from daily dividend-adjusted closes; volatility and drawdown are annualized/period figures; S&P 500 exposure proxied by SPY. As of Aug 27, 2026. Formulas →
Liquidity
| Volume today | 815 | Average volume | 3.33K |
| AUM | $36.0M | Premium/Discount | +0.08% |
| Bid/Ask spread | Not provided by our data source. Check your broker's quote screen; spreads are widest at the open and close. | ||
Premium/discount compares the delayed market price with the last reported NAV — an indicative figure, not the official closing premium/discount. How ETF liquidity works →
Fund Flows (estimated)
| Period | Est. net flow | % of starting AUM | AUM start → end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | $200.0K | +0.56% | $35.8M → $36.0M |
| 1 Week | $1.3M | +3.83% | $34.5M → $36.0M |
ETF Explorer estimate: change in reported AUM minus the market-move effect, from our own daily snapshots. Not official issuer creation/redemption data.
Official Fund Resources
External links open the issuer's site or SEC EDGAR in a new tab. The prospectus and official documents are always the authoritative source — review them before investing.
Latest News for CCEF
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Guided help: AUM is fund size. The expense ratio is the yearly cost baked into returns. NAV is the value of what the fund owns per share; the market price can sit slightly above (premium) or below (discount) it. Total return assumes distributions were reinvested. Every dataset shows its own as-of date because holdings, assets and quotes update on different schedules.
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