GSEPFT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – September
Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, with a 15% buffer against losses.
By First Trust · Launched 2023
Annual Cost
0.85%
#4,678 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$342M
#1,963 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+10.5%
Track Record
3 years
#3,093 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,058+10.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 103.3% of fundconcentrated
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 C6.66
53.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 C6.66
39.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 C6.66
6.8%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 P663.72
2.2%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 P663.72
1.1%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.8%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 P663.72
0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 P663.72
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 C739.91
-0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.SPY 9 P564.17
-0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.6%
Cash
0.4%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
6.0%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-10.1%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 SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, with a 15% buffer against losses.
- Strategy
- Invests in FLEX Options referencing the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust to provide a buffer against the first 15% of losses and a cap of 11.48% on returns. Employs a target outcome strategy to achieve these pre-determined investment outcomes over the Target Outcome Period.
- Inception date
- September 15, 2023
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18