FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - August (FAUG)
About this ETF
FAUG uses options in an effort to moderate losses on shares of SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY) over a one-year period, starting in August. In exchange for preventing realization of the first 10% of losses, the fund foregoes some upside return as well as the dividend component of SPY because the options are written on the price (not total) return version of the shares. Should shares of SPY decline greater than 10%, investors participate in the downside performance on a $1 for $1 basis. Shares must be held over a specific period to achieve the intended results. At the end of the target outcome period, the fund will reset for a new outcome period tied to the same…
Price
Top 10 holdings
| 2026-08-21 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 6.43 4SPY 260821C00006430 | 99.58% |
| US Dollar $USD | 0.30% |
| 2026-08-21 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 643.44 4SPY 260821P00643440 | 0.11% |
Sector mix
Price chart
Returns
| 1 month | +2.29% |
| 3 months | +6.28% |
| 6 months | +6.44% |
| Year to date | +7.08% |
| 1 year | +14.68% |
| 3 years (ann.) | +13.96% |
| 5 years (ann.) | +8.93% |
| 10 years (ann.) | — |
Risk profile
| Volatility (1y, ann.) | 7.06% |
| Sharpe (1y) | 1.98 |
| Sharpe (3y) | 1.45 |
| Sortino (1y) | 2.70 |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -5.26% |
| Max drawdown (5y) | -15.91% |
| Max drawdown (full) | -22.33% |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.54 |
| Correlation vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.96 |
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: 256 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio XEQT.TO | 0.20% | 14.36B | 1.60% | +25.31% | 1.89 |
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| FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF BUFR | 0.95% | 10.09B | — | +14.32% | 2.06 |
| Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio VGRO.TO | 0.22% | 7.42B | 1.75% | +20.49% | 1.87 |
| Capital Group Core Balanced ETF CGBL | 0.33% | 7.08B | 1.88% | +10.67% | 1.04 |
| Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF EVTR | 0.32% | 5.61B | 4.72% | -0.81% | -0.18 |
| iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF IALT | 0.99% | 5.00B | 0.40% | — | — |
| VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF EMLC | 0.30% | 4.80B | 6.27% | +0.79% | 0.14 |
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| Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio VBAL.TO | 0.22% | 4.00B | 2.11% | +14.75% | 1.67 |
Cheaper alternatives
No fund of the class reaches 60% portfolio overlap — showing the cheapest funds of the class instead.
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF KNG | 0.74% | 3.40B | 0.3% |
| FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Barrier & Income ETF ACYN | 0.75% | 1.09B | 0.3% |
| FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF RDVI | 0.75% | 3.49B | 0.2% |
| VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF FLTR | 0.14% | 2.89B | 0.0% |
| VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF ITM | 0.18% | 2.18B | 0.0% |

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