BUFXFT Vest Laddered Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF
Seeks capital appreciation.
By First Trust · Launched 2025
Annual Cost
0.96%
#5,068 of 6,062 · expensive
Fund Size
$17M
#4,679 of 6,062 · small
Return (1Y)
+8.9%
Track Record
1 year
#4,420 of 6,062 · young
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,885+8.8%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 83.4% of fundconcentrated
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.4%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.4%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.4%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.4%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.3%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.3%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.3%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.3%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.3%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.3%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.1%
Cash
0.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
3.9%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-2.9%Mild
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable
Needs 3+ years of history
Sortino (3Y)
Not yet
Needs 3+ years of history
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks capital appreciation.
- Strategy
- Provides US large-cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of twelve Underlying ETFs. The laddered approach allows the Fund to benefit from increases in the value of SPY while providing downside protection at any given time.
- Inception date
- June 24, 2025
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-19