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FMARFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March

Stay safeGrow my money5y track recordRanked #102 of 387 in this goal

Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, with a 10% buffer against losses over the Target Outcome Period.

By First Trust · Launched 2021

Annual Cost

0.85%

#4,678 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$1.2B

#1,097 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+15.8%

Track Record

5 years

#2,291 of 6,040 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,571+15.7%

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 = 106.6% of fundconcentrated

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 C5.64
99.6%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 C5.64
3.4%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 C5.64
2.7%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 C5.64
0.7%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P563.98
0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P563.98
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P563.98
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P563.98
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P507.58
-0.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
5.2%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-14.4%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.10Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.59Good 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 10% buffer against losses over the Target Outcome Period.
Strategy
Invests in FLEX Options to provide a buffer against the first 10% of Underlying ETF losses while matching returns up to a cap of 17.17%. Employs a target outcome strategy for the period from March 23, 2026 to March 19, 2027.
Inception date
March 19, 2021
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18