Skip to content

DMAYFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - May

Stay safeGrow my money6y track recordRanked #142 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

$379M

#1,879 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+8.4%

Track Record

6 years

#2,086 of 6,040 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,831+8.3%

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 = 105.7% of fundconcentrated

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 C5.93
88.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 C5.93
15.2%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 C5.93
1.6%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.4%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 P564.49
0.4%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 P564.49
0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 P564.49
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 P415.94
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 P415.94
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 5 C667.29
-0.1%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.0%
Cash
1.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
5.6%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-13.9%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.88Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.27Good 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 performance, with a buffer against losses between -5% and -30%. The cap for returns is set at 13.56% before fees and expenses.
Inception date
May 15, 2020
Fund family
First Trust

Next steps

Save DMAY to compare it with other funds, or start building a portfolio.

Data updated on 2026-09-18