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FEBMFT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - February

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Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust up to a predetermined upside cap while providing a buffer against losses.

By First Trust · Launched 2025

Annual Cost

0.85%

#4,678 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$46M

#3,841 of 6,040 · mid-size

Return (1Y)

+6.1%

Track Record

1 year

#4,110 of 6,040 · young

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,607+6.1%

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 9 holdings = 100.1% of fundconcentrated

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 C6.87
89.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 C6.87
8.6%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 P689.41
5.6%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
1.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 P689.41
0.5%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 P363.47
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 C737.69
-0.4%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 P363.47
-0.4%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 2 C737.69
-4.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
2.2%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-2.6%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 to provide returns that match the price return of the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust up to a predetermined upside cap while providing a buffer against losses.
Strategy
Invests primarily in FLEX Options referencing the Underlying ETF to provide a buffer against losses and a cap on returns. Seeks to provide the maximum available buffer of 47.28% against Underlying ETF losses over the Target Outcome Period while limiting gains to a cap of 7%.
Inception date
February 20, 2025
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18