

FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy Floor15 ETF - January
$19.11+0.10 (+0.53%)
- 0.90%
- $1M
- 0M sh
- $18.90
- low $17.16high $20.61
The ETF.net BFJA Grade
Score 20 out of 100
- 23 of 24
Score 20 of 100 falls in the F band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Very small fund, grade capped at C.
The cap holds the Score at 40 or below, so B and A are out of reach.
- The pillars earned
- 21
- This cap took
- −0
- Published Score
- 20
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F22 out of 100Rank 17 of 24Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D28 out of 100Rank 18 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F6 out of 100Rank 24 of 24Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C54 out of 100Rank 4 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D38 out of 100Rank 21 of 24
Our read on BFJA
FDefined-outcome funds usually tame the stock market. BFJA points the same machinery at bitcoin: one-year outcome periods that limit participation in the reference asset's losses to 15%, in exchange for a capped upside, re-struck each January.
The fund seeks returns matching the price return of a reference asset designed to generally reflect bitcoin’s price, subject to a 28.06% upside cap and a maximum 15% loss exposure over January 12, 2026–January 8, 2027.
Why people hold it
- The floor is the whole design. Across each one-year outcome period, the fund takes at most 15% of the Bitcoin Reference Instrument's decline, before fees.
- Bitcoin exposure arrives in an ETF wrapper tracking an index built to reflect bitcoin's price. No exchange account, no wallet, no keys to lose.
- Terms reset every January: a fresh cap struck at then-current pricing, and the 15% floor starts over.
- At 0.90%, the fee sits about where the defined-outcome floor group prices this kind of engineering.
Worth knowing
- The floor is paid for with a ceiling. Upside is capped for each outcome period, and cap and floor are pre-fee figures, so the 0.90% expense ratio comes out of the result.
- The math is built around holding from one January reset to the next. Enter or exit mid-period and you get whatever the cap and floor are worth that day.
- Launched in 2026, it is one of the newer and less-traded names in the floor group, so spreads are worth a look. Equity-based peers CPRY (0.69%) and FLJJ (0.74%) cost less.
BFJA Holdings
- Other
- 4
- 1365%
- 2027-01-08 S&P 500® Mini Index P 2,784.56
BFJA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | BFJA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | +3.1% |
| 3 months | +8.9% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BFJA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −4.9% |
BFJA in the news
BFJA Dividends
Listed Jan 2026. No distributions yet.
BFJA Risk
- —
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.
- —
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.
- —
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.
- 0.36
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BFJA Cost
- The middle half of Other Floor Protected funds
- Median 0.79%
11 of the 18 Other Floor Protected funds charge less.
Other funds in Other Floor Protected
- DARKEARK ETF Trust - ARK DIET Q3 Buffer ETFExpense ratio 0.89%1 year return —
- DBFAPFT Vest Bitcoin Strategy Floor15 ETF - AprilExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return −20.7%
- DBFJLFT Vest Bitcoin Strategy Floor15 ETF - JulyExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return −6.5%
- FKPROKraneShares 100% KWEB Defined Outcome January 2027 ETFExpense ratio 1.00%1 year return −6.4%
- FKBUFKraneShares 90% KWEB Defined Outcome January 2027 ETFExpense ratio 0.97%1 year return −18.2%




