Summary
FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 8. The ten largest make up 100% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.20%
- Fund size
- $162.5M
- Positions
- 8
- Dividends
- Reinvested
- Running since
- 2021
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.20% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.75%).
- Average yearly growth over the last three years: 11%.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 100% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 40% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- It trades little: only about $605.0K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.1%
- 3 months
- +1.9%
- This year
- +7.7%
- 1 year
- +9.4%
- 3 years
- +35%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 XMFT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - March XMAR 17%
- 2 XDFT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - December XDEC 16%
- 3 XJFirst Trust Exchange Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - January XJAN 14%
- 4 XFFT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - February XFEB 14%
- 5 DMFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - March DMAR 14%
- 6 GMFT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March GMAR 13%
- 7 XAFT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - April XAPR 12%
- 8 US Dollar 0.07%
Positions in the fund: 8. The ten largest make up 100% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 40%
- Financials 11%
- Communication services 9.9%
- Healthcare 9.4%
- Consumer cyclical 8.7%
- Other 21%
By country
- United States 100%
- Other countries 0.07%
Largest sector: Technology (40%). Largest country: United States (100%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $20.00
- Over 20 years
- $993
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $20.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $993.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 3 years
- +11%
- Deepest drop
- -10%
- Yearly volatility
- 3.3%
Average yearly growth over the last three years: 11%. Deepest drop in these years: 10% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
No, it reinvestsThe fund pays nothing out. What its holdings earn stays inside and shows in the price.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $605.0K
- Shares a day
- 23K
On an average day about $605.0K of the fund changes hands.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BU BUFX FT Vest Laddered Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF | United States | 0.10% | $19.3M | +8.9% | - | 42% |