YSEPFT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September
Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, with a 15% buffer against losses.
By First Trust · Launched 2021
Annual Cost
0.90%
#4,877 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$125M
#2,882 of 6,040 · mid-size
Return (1Y)
+12.6%
Track Record
5 years
#2,424 of 6,040 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,231+12.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 106.2% of fundconcentrated
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 C0.93
87.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 C0.93
13.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 C0.93
3.3%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 P93
1.5%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.8%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 P93
0.1%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 P93
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 C0.93
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 P93
0.0%
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.EFA 9 P79.05
-0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.6%
Cash
0.4%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
7.6%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-22.6%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.97Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.41Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to provide returns that match the price return of the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, with a 15% buffer against losses.
- Strategy
- Invests in FLEX Options to implement a target outcome strategy, providing a buffer against the first 15% of losses from the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF while aiming for returns that match its price performance, capped at 13.14%. Focuses on developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
- Inception date
- September 17, 2021
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-09-18