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DDECFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December

Stay safeGrow my money5y track recordRanked #127 of 387 in this goal

Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust with a buffer against losses.

By First Trust · Launched 2020

Annual Cost

0.85%

#4,678 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$439M

#1,761 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+11.5%

Track Record

5 years

#2,227 of 6,040 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,133+11.3%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Structured outcome

Index tracked

S&P 500 Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 103.1% of fundconcentrated

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 C6.8
85.5%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 C6.8
7.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 C6.8
3.8%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 P646.56
3.5%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 C6.8
1.9%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
1.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 P646.56
0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 P646.56
0.2%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 P646.56
0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 12 P476.41
-0.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.6%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
5.7%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-10.2%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.13Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.65Good 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 buffer against losses.
Strategy
Employs a target outcome strategy using FLEX Options to provide returns matching the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust's price return, with a buffer against losses between -5% and -30%. The cap for returns is set at 11.96% before fees and expenses.
Inception date
December 18, 2020
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18