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FNOVFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - November

Stay safeGrow my money6y track recordRanked #85 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.

By First Trust · Launched 2019

Annual Cost

0.85%

#4,678 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$1.2B

#1,056 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+14.2%

Track Record

6 years

#1,985 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,417+14.2%

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 = 103.8% of fundconcentrated

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 C6.59
84.4%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 C6.59
7.9%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 C6.59
3.6%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 P659.03
3.5%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 C6.59
1.5%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 C6.59
1.4%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.9%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 P659.03
0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 P659.03
0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 11 P659.03
0.1%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.6%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
7.5%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-24.4%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.01Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.51Good 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.
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 16.62%. Employs a target outcome strategy over the period from November 24, 2025 to November 20, 2026.
Inception date
November 15, 2019
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18