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BFIXNYSE ArcaC

$24.72−0.09 (−0.37%)

As of Nov 2, 2026, 1:48 PM ET

Intraday session: down, 47 prints from 24.81 to 24.72. Range 24.72 to 24.82. Use the arrow keys to read each point.24.7424.7624.7810 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.45%
Fund size
$12M
1Y total return
+1.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
3.59%
Holdings
118
Avg volume · 30D
3.65K sh
52W range
low $24.59high $25.75
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net BFIX Grade

C

Score 40 out of 100

Rank
8 of 8
Six-pillar profile for BFIX. Scores out of 100: Cost 59, Risk 54, Mission 5, Tradability 39, Holdings 51, Durability 47. Strongest: Cost (59). Weakest: Mission (5). Leans toward Cost and Risk.

Score 40 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    B59 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 8
  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    F5 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 8
  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C54 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 8
  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D39 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 8
  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C51 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 8
  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C47 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 8

Our read on BFIX

ETF.net Research

In short

CBonds with a stock-market kicker. BFIX pairs an actively managed investment-grade bond portfolio with S&P 500 call options, chasing capital appreciation and risk mitigation in one wrapper. Distributions land monthly.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks capital appreciation and risk mitigation through an actively managed portfolio combining investment-grade bonds and S&P 500 Index call options.

Why people hold it

  • The structure is the whole idea: bonds carry the portfolio, S&P 500 call options carry the equity exposure. Upside participation comes from option premium, not from owning the stocks.
  • At 0.45% it sits exactly at the median for conservative multi-asset funds, and roughly a third the cost of high-fee cohort rivals XRLX and MFUL.
  • Actively run rather than index-tracking, so the bond sleeve and the option sleeve can be reshaped as rates and volatility shift.
  • Trading since February 2022, so there is real-money history behind the bonds-plus-calls design instead of a backtest.

Worth knowing

  • A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads can run wider and big orders are harder to work than in the category's largest names.
  • Call options expire. When the S&P 500 stays flat, the premium spent on the upside sleeve is a cost the bond side has to absorb.
  • Inside its conservative multi-asset cohort it lands in the bottom quartile overall, where plainer, cheaper blends such as CGMS and BLUI rate more strongly.

BFIX Holdings

Asset class
Bonds
Holdings
118
Top-10 weight
60%
Largest holding
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4% 05/31/202810.5%

Geography

  • United States99.47%
  • Luxembourg0.53%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 8.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 4% 05/31/202810.53%1,250,000$1.24M16
2No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 07/31/20289.13%1,080,000$1.07M18
3No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 06/15/20297.05%840,000$829K17
4No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 06/30/20316.63%800,000$780K14
5No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875% 03/31/20285.47%650,000$644K17
6No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 3.5% 02/15/20295.31%640,000$625K11
7No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625% 04/30/20294.25%500,000$500K16
8No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 3.75% 04/15/20284.20%500,000$495K13
9No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 07/15/20294.19%500,000$493K19
10No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 02/29/20282.76%330,000$325K17
11No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 3.5% 01/15/20291.41%170,000$166K13
12No dataCSX Corp 3.25% 06/01/20271.38%164,000$163K6
13No dataCash & Other1.25%146,601$147K609
14No dataAnalog Devices Inc 3.45% 06/15/20271.16%138,000$137K1
15No dataUnited States Treasury Note/Bond 4% 03/31/20301.08%130,000$127K15

Showing 1–15 of 118 holdings

BFIX Performance

Launched Feb 9, 2022

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.Not enough history yet.
BFIX$10,132
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. BFIX $10,132. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for BFIX. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodBFIX
Year to date+1.0%
1 month+1.0%
3 months+0.3%
1 year+1.3%
3 yearsper year+7.8%
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper yearNo data
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for BFIX
YearReturn barBFIX
2026 YTD+1.0%
2025+5.9%
2024+12.9%
2023+5.0%
2022−6.8%

History from Feb 10, 2022

BFIX in the news

BFIX Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
3.59%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.89Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.07 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 46 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Jan 27, 2023 $0.14; Feb 24, 2023 $0.05; Mar 29, 2023 $0.08; Apr 26, 2023 $0.07; May 26, 2023 $0.09; Jun 28, 2023 $0.08; Jul 27, 2023 $0.07; Aug 29, 2023 $0.09; Sep 27, 2023 $0.06; Oct 27, 2023 $0.09; Nov 28, 2023 $0.08; Dec 27, 2023 $0.09; Jan 29, 2024 $0.06; Feb 27, 2024 $0.12; Mar 26, 2024 $0.08; Apr 26, 2024 $0.09; May 30, 2024 $0.09; Jun 27, 2024 $0.08; Jul 30, 2024 $0.10; Aug 29, 2024 $0.09; Sep 27, 2024 $0.08; Oct 30, 2024 $0.09; Nov 27, 2024 $0.10; Dec 24, 2024 $0.10; Jan 30, 2025 $0.09; Feb 27, 2025 $0.08; Mar 27, 2025 $0.08; Apr 29, 2025 $0.07; May 29, 2025 $0.09; Jun 26, 2025 $0.07; Jul 30, 2025 $0.09; Aug 28, 2025 $0.07; Sep 25, 2025 $0.07; Oct 30, 2025 $0.08; Nov 25, 2025 $0.07; Dec 18, 2025 $0.09; Jan 29, 2026 $0.07; Feb 26, 2026 $0.07; Mar 30, 2026 $0.08; Apr 29, 2026 $0.07; May 28, 2026 $0.07; Jun 29, 2026 $0.08; Jul 30, 2026 $0.07; Aug 28, 2026 $0.07; Sep 29, 2026 $0.09; Oct 29, 2026 $0.07. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Oct 29, 2026Oct 30, 2026$0.07
Sep 29, 2026Sep 30, 2026$0.09
Aug 28, 2026Aug 31, 2026$0.07
Jul 30, 2026Jul 31, 2026$0.07
Jun 29, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.08
May 28, 2026May 29, 2026$0.07
Apr 29, 2026Apr 30, 2026$0.07
Mar 30, 2026Mar 31, 2026$0.08
Feb 26, 2026Feb 27, 2026$0.07
Jan 29, 2026Jan 30, 2026$0.07
Dec 18, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.09
Nov 25, 2025Nov 26, 2025$0.07

See all 56 payments⁠

$10,000 in BFIX 3 years ago paid $1,302 in dividends.⁠

BFIX Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
3.2%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.98
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−8.0%
56 months · trough Oct 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.37
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

BFIX Cost

Overpaying vs AOK, cheapest in Conservative Allocation

$5,904

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • BFIX 0.45%

    $9,041

  • AOK 0.15% Cheapest

    $3,137

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • BFIX 0.45%
  • AOK 0.15%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K$10K051015202530BFIX $9,041AOK $3,137

Year by year

YearBFIXAOKOverpaying
10$812$274$538
20$3,128$1,071$2,057
30$9,041$3,137$5,904

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