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FT Cboe Vest Fund of Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETFs

BUFQ
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Jun 15, 2022
Expense Ratio
1.1%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
First Trust
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$3,043,297
AUM
$186,846,050
Associated Index
Invesco QQQ Trust
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
No
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

QDEC
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December
25.12%
QSPT
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - September
24.96%
QJUN
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - June
24.83%
US Dollar
0.09%
Derivatives offset

What is BUFQ?

The investment objective of the FT Cboe Vest Fund of Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETFs (the "Fund") is to seek to provide investors with capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by providing investors with large-cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of four FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETFs (the "Underlying ETFs"). Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest substantially all of its assets in the Underlying ETFs, which seek to provide investors with returns (before fees, expenses and taxes) that match the price return of the Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1 ("QQQ"), up to a predetermined upside cap, while providing a buffer against the first 10% (before fees, expenses and taxes) of QQQ losses, over a defined one-year period. Unlike the Underlying ETFs, the Fund itself does not pursue a target outcome strategy. The buffer is only provided by the Underlying ETFs and the Fund itself does not provide any stated buffer against losses. In order to understand the Fund's strategy and risks, it is important to understand the strategies and risks of the Underlying ETFs.

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BUFQ
Performance Measures**

for the time period Jun 16, 2022 to Aug 6, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 0.5%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 1.8%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -15.7%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 13.3%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 1.32

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 1.15

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

ETFs related toBUFQ

ETFs correlated to BUFQ include VUG, MGK, QLD

BUFQ
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Fund of Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF
VUG
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Growth ETF
MGK
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF
QLD
ProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra QQQ 2x Shares
QQQ
Invesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1
TQQQ
ProShares Trust - ProShares UltraPro QQQ 3x Shares
QJUN
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - June
QQQM
Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II - Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF
SCHG
Schwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
NJUL
Innovator ETFs Trust - Innovator Growth-100 Power Buffer ETF - July
QSPT
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - September

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.

FAQ

BUFQ is a US Equities ETF. The investment objective of the FT Cboe Vest Fund of Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETFs (the "Fund") is to seek to provide investors with capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by providing investors with large-cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of four FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETFs (the "Underlying ETFs"). Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest substantially all of its assets in the Underlying ETFs, which seek to provide investors with returns (before fees, expenses and taxes) that match the price return of the Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1 ("QQQ"), up to a predetermined upside cap, while providing a buffer against the first 10% (before fees, expenses and taxes) of QQQ losses, over a defined one-year period. Unlike the Underlying ETFs, the Fund itself does not pursue a target outcome strategy. The buffer is only provided by the Underlying ETFs and the Fund itself does not provide any stated buffer against losses. In order to understand the Fund's strategy and risks, it is important to understand the strategies and risks of the Underlying ETFs.

BUFQ tracks the Invesco QQQ Trust.

No, BUFQ 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, BUFQ 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 BUFQ is 0.0065%. This is the percent change in the value of BUFQ over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on BUFQ is 0.0195%. This is the percent change in the value of BUFQ over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of BUFQ for the past year is 0.1589%. 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 BUFQ include QTAP, QMAR, and QTOC.

ETFs correlated to BUFQ include VUG, MGK, and QLD.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to BUFQ include QID, SQQQ, and PSQ.

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