BUFQFT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF
Seeks capital appreciation.
By First Trust · Launched 2022
Annual Cost
1.00%
#5,360 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$1.6B
#901 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+15.3%
Track Record
4 years
#2,652 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,501+15.0%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 5 holdings = 100.0% of fundconcentrated
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
25.3%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
25.1%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
24.8%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
24.8%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds
0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.8%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
9.1%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-15.7%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.04Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.54Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks capital appreciation.
- Strategy
- Seeks large-cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of four FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETFs. This approach aims to provide downside protection and benefit from increases in the value of QQQ.
- Inception date
- June 15, 2022
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18