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GMARFT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March

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Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the Underlying ETF up to a cap of 14.10% while providing a buffer against the first 15% of losses.

By First Trust · Launched 2023

Annual Cost

0.85%

#4,678 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$399M

#1,836 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+12.9%

Track Record

3 years

#2,896 of 6,040 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,285+12.9%

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 = 108.9% of fundconcentrated

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 C5.66
76.7%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 C5.66
28.7%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 C5.66
3.1%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P564
0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P564
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P564
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P479.4
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P479.4
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 3 P479.4
-0.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
4.0%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-9.1%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.11Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.61Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the Underlying ETF up to a cap of 14.10% while providing a buffer against the first 15% of losses.
Strategy
Invests substantially all assets in FLEX Options referencing the Underlying ETF to provide a buffer against the first 15% of losses and a cap of 14.10% on returns. The strategy is designed to produce pre-determined outcomes based on the Underlying ETF's performance over the Target Outcome Period.
Inception date
March 17, 2023
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18