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First Trust·Defined Outcome·BUFQ · Cboe BZX
FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF (BUFQ)
- Price
- $39.24
- —30 Oct 2026
- Assets
- $1.7B
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 1.00%
- Category 0.76%
- Yield
- 0.00%
- Trailing distributions
- 1Y return
- 11.1%+2.8%
- Category 8.3%
- 3Y CAGR
- 16.4%+2.4%
- Category 13.9%
- 5Y CAGR
- —
- Category 8.4%
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FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF
Calendar-year returns
Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.
Risk statistics
Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.
- Standard deviation
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- Maximum drawdown
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- Sharpe ratio
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- Sortino ratio
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- Beta
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- Alpha
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- R²
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- Information ratio
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- Upside capture
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- Downside capture
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- Tracking error
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| Period | 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3YCAGR | 5YCAGR | 10YCAGR | LaunchCAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETF | -3.2% | +1.8% | +2.6% | +9.5% | +11.1% | +16.4% | — | — | +17.0% |
| Defined Outcome average | -0.6% | 1.0% | 3.2% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 13.9% | 8.4% | — | 8.0% |
| Difference | -2.6% | +0.7% | -0.6% | +2.5% | +2.8% | +2.4% | — | — | +8.9% |
Holdings
The 5 largest positions make up 100.0% of the fund.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| QSPT | FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Buffer ETF Sep | 25.03% |
| QDEC | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – Dec | 25.02% |
| QMAR | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – Mar | 24.97% |
| QJUN | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - Jun | 24.95% |
| MISXX | Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl | 0.03% |
Portfolio valuation
Weighted averages of what the fund holds.
- P/E
- 28.3
- P/B
- 8.9
- P/S
- 6.4
- P/CF
- 22.7
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Technology44.2%
- Financial services26.5%
- Communication services9.3%
- Consumer discretionary7.4%
- Consumer staples4.2%
- Industrials3.8%
- Health care2.8%
- Utilities0.8%
- Materials0.7%
- Energy0.3%
Asset mix
- Stocks99.0%
- Cash1.0%
ETF details
- Issuer
- First Trust
- Category
- Alternatives · Defined Outcome
- Ticker
- BUFQ
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
- Inception
- 15 Jun 2022 (4.4 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 1.00% (category 0.76%)
- Holdings turnover
- 1% (category 4%)
- Distribution yield
- 0.00%
- Beta, 3 years
- 0.64
- Total net assets
- $1.7B
Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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