BGLDFT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF
Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the SPDR Gold Trust with a buffer against losses between -5% and -15%.
By First Trust · Launched 2021
Annual Cost
0.91%
#4,904 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$54M
#3,678 of 6,040 · mid-size
Return (1Y)
+2.7%
Track Record
5 years
#2,257 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,313+3.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 102.6% of fundconcentrated
United States Treasury Bills
100.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 C459.56
2.4%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.6%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 C459.56
0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 C459.56
0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 C539.43
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 C539.43
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 P411.19
-0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 P411.19
-0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.GLD 5 C539.43
-0.4%
Asset allocation
Cash
84.3%
Other
15.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
13.4%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-16.2%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.26Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.79Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the SPDR Gold Trust with a buffer against losses between -5% and -15%.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in U.S. Treasury securities and FLEX Options on the SPDR Gold Trust to provide a buffer against losses and a cap of 8.74% on returns. Employs a target outcome strategy to achieve these investment outcomes over each Target Outcome Period.
- Inception date
- January 20, 2021
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18