QDECFT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December
Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the Invesco QQQ Trust up to an 18.22% cap while providing a buffer against the first 10% of losses.
By First Trust · Launched 2020
Annual Cost
0.90%
#4,877 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$703M
#1,411 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+18.2%
Track Record
5 years
#2,227 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,744+17.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 106.0% of fundconcentrated
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 C6.16
85.8%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 P617.04
6.6%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 C6.16
5.7%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 C6.16
3.9%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 C6.16
2.1%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
1.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 P617.04
0.4%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 P617.04
0.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 P617.04
0.2%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.QQQ 12 C729.47
-0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.6%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
10.2%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-25.3%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.06Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.60Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the Invesco QQQ Trust up to an 18.22% cap while providing a buffer against the first 10% of losses.
- Strategy
- Invests in FLEX Options referencing the Invesco QQQ Trust to provide a buffer against the first 10% of losses and upside participation up to an 18.22% cap. Employs a target outcome strategy over the defined period from December 22, 2025 to December 18, 2026.
- Inception date
- December 18, 2020
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18