DAUGFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - August
Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, with a cap of 11.98% and a buffer against losses between -5% and -30%.
By First Trust · Launched 2019
Annual Cost
0.85%
#4,678 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$419M
#1,804 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+9.3%
Track Record
6 years
#1,976 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,891+8.9%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 103.2% of fundconcentrated
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 C6.42
92.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 C6.42
6.9%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 P611.27
1.7%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 C6.42
1.7%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.7%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 P611.27
0.2%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 C6.42
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 P611.27
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 P450.41
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 8 C720.52
-0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
98.8%
Cash
1.2%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
5.5%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-15.3%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.05Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.55Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, with a cap of 11.98% and a buffer against losses between -5% and -30%.
- Strategy
- Invests in FLEX Options referencing the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust to provide a deep buffer against losses between -5% and -30% and upside participation up to a cap of 11.98%. The Fund employs a target outcome strategy to achieve these results over the Target Outcome Period.
- Inception date
- November 6, 2019
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18