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First Trust·Defined Outcome·GAUG · Cboe BZX
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August (GAUG)
- Price
- $41.93
- —30 Oct 2026
- Assets
- $419.7M
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 0.85%
- Category 0.76%
- Yield
- 0.00%
- Trailing distributions
- 1Y return
- 8.0%-0.3%
- Category 8.3%
- 3Y CAGR
- 13.0%-1.0%
- Category 13.9%
- 5Y CAGR
- —
- Category 8.4%
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FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August
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 | -0.4% | +0.4% | +3.2% | +6.8% | +8.0% | +13.0% | — | — | +11.3% |
| Defined Outcome average | -0.6% | 1.0% | 3.2% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 13.9% | 8.4% | — | 8.0% |
| Difference | +0.2% | -0.7% | 0.0% | -0.2% | -0.3% | -1.0% | — | — | +3.2% |
Holdings
Allocation as last published by the fund.
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Technology40.1%
- Financial services11.3%
- Communication services9.9%
- Health care9.4%
- Consumer discretionary8.7%
- Industrials7.6%
- Consumer staples4.4%
- Energy3.4%
- Utilities1.9%
- Real estate1.7%
- Materials1.6%
Asset mix
- Stocks98.7%
- Cash1.3%
ETF details
- Issuer
- First Trust
- Category
- Alternatives · Defined Outcome
- Ticker
- GAUG
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
- Inception
- 18 Aug 2023 (3.2 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 0.85% (category 0.76%)
- Holdings turnover
- 0% (category 4%)
- Distribution yield
- 0.00%
- Beta, 3 years
- 0.45
- Total net assets
- $419.7M
Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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