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FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF

BGLD
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Jan 20, 2021
Expense Ratio
0.91%
Type
Global Commodities & Metals
Fund Owner
First Trust
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$218,270
AUM
$15,624,039
Associated Index
SPDR Gold Trust
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

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U.S. Treasury Bill 0% due 11/28/2023
94.04%
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2023-11-30 SPDR Gold Trust C 171.02
5.49%
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US Dollar
0.69%
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2023-11-30 SPDR Gold Trust P 153.02
-0.02%
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2023-11-30 SPDR Gold Trust C 195.86
-0.21%
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What is BGLD?

The investment objective of the FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF (the "Fund") is to seek to provide investors with returns (before fees, expenses and taxes) that match those of the SPDR Gold Trust (the "Underlying ETF"), up to a predetermined upside cap of 6.10% (before fees, expenses and taxes) and 6.01% (after fees and expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, trading fees, taxes and extraordinary expenses not included in the Funds management fee), while providing a buffer against Underlying ETF losses between -5% and -15% (before fees, expenses and taxes) over the period from January 20, 2021 to February 26, 2021.

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ETFs correlated to BGLD include GLD, UGL, GLDM

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What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

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FAQ

BGLD is a Global Commodities & Metals ETF. The investment objective of the FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF (the "Fund") is to seek to provide investors with returns (before fees, expenses and taxes) that match those of the SPDR Gold Trust (the "Underlying ETF"), up to a predetermined upside cap of 6.10% (before fees, expenses and taxes) and 6.01% (after fees and expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, trading fees, taxes and extraordinary expenses not included in the Funds management fee), while providing a buffer against Underlying ETF losses between -5% and -15% (before fees, expenses and taxes) over the period from January 20, 2021 to February 26, 2021.

BGLD tracks the SPDR Gold Trust.

No, BGLD is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, BGLD is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on BGLD is -0.0092%. This is the percent change in the value of BGLD over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on BGLD is -0.0158%. This is the percent change in the value of BGLD over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of BGLD for the past year is 0.0902%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to BGLD include CPER, PPLT, and SIVR.

ETFs correlated to BGLD include GLD, UGL, and GLDM.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to BGLD include GLL, GDXD, and JDST.

Disclaimers

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