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GSEPFT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – September

Take a bet3y track recordRanked #152 of 995 in this goal

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 · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,058+10.6%

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 = 103.3% 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+ years
Volatility (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