AB Conservative Buffer ETF (BUFC)
About this ETF
The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, substantially all of its assets in a combination of exchange-traded options contracts on an underlying ETF. The underlying ETF (initially expected to be the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust) is an ETF that seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500 Index, which measures the performance of the large-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market, as determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. The fund is non-diversified.
Price
Top 10 holdings
| 4SPY 08/31/26 C3.66 4SPY 08/31/26 C3.66 | 100.57% |
| 4SPY 08/31/26 P731.58 4SPY 08/31/26 P731.58 | 1.09% |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GOVT STIF SSC FUND 64BA AGIS 587 | 0.37% |
| NET OTHER ASSETS | 0.08% |
| OPTIONS MORGAN STANLEY COC OPTION CASH COLLATERAL USD | 0.00% |
| US DOLLAR | -0.10% |
| 4SPY 08/31/26 P621.84 4SPY 08/31/26 P621.84 | -0.15% |
| 4SPY 08/31/26 C758.58 4SPY 08/31/26 C758.58 | -1.87% |
Sector mix
Price chart
Returns
| 1 month | +1.35% |
| 3 months | +3.44% |
| 6 months | +2.97% |
| Year to date | +3.24% |
| 1 year | +7.67% |
| 3 years (ann.) | — |
| 5 years (ann.) | — |
| 10 years (ann.) | — |
Risk profile
| Volatility (1y, ann.) | 4.34% |
| Sharpe (1y) | 1.72 |
| Sharpe (3y) | — |
| Sortino (1y) | 2.29 |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -3.62% |
| Max drawdown (5y) | — |
| Max drawdown (full) | -8.29% |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.29 |
| Correlation vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.84 |
Technical outlook as of 2026-07-13
The Monte Carlo cone is drawn on the price chart above (Forecast overlay); RSI, MACD and the rest of the oscillators live in its indicator panels.
Full holdings
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Sector breakdown
Geographic exposure
Cost vs. peers
Comparison universe: 184 funds of the same asset class.
Cost impact calculator
Dividend history
Accumulating share class Income is reinvested inside the fund instead of being paid out. (inferred from the absence of distributions)
No distributions on record — accumulating share classes reinvest income instead of paying it out.
ESG profile
No ESG estimate available: none of the scored universe overlaps this portfolio (typical for bond, commodity or synthetic funds).
Scored coverage: 0.0% of the portfolio by weight.
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|---|---|---|---|
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