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DJUL

GradeCChicago Board Options Exchange

FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - July

Buffered · First Trust · Inception 2020-07-17

$51.30−0.18 (−0.35%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:05 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 42 prints from 51.49 to 51.30. Range 51.27 to 51.49. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$51.40$51.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.85%
Fund size
$485M
1Y return
+10.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
4
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$51.47
52W range
low $45.96high $51.56

The ETF.net DJUL Grade

C

45/ 100

Rank 14 of 19 in S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for DJUL. Scores out of 100: Cost 31, Risk 40, Mission not scored, Tradability 56, Holdings 71, Durability 69. Strongest: Holdings (71). Weakest: Cost (31). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 45 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    DScore 31
    Category rank13/19 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
    —

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 40
    Category rank15/18 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 56
    Category rank8/19 · top 42%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 71
    Category rank1/12 · top 8%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 69
    Category rank7/19 · top 37%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on DJUL

ETF.net Research

CDeep buffer, July vintage. DJUL leaves you the first 5% of an S&P 500 drawdown, then is built to absorb the next 25 points through its one-year outcome period. The price for that: upside stops at a cap reset each July.

Stated mandate

DJUL seeks to match the price return of the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, subject to a 13.60% upside cap. It seeks protection against underlying losses between 5% and 30% during the stated outcome period.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The "deep" part is real: protection is designed to kick in from 5% down to 30% down on the reference fund, a wider shock absorber than standard 10% buffer products.ftportfolios.com
  2. 02One of twelve monthly copies of the same deep-buffer recipe, so start dates can be laddered across the calendar instead of riding on a single July reset.
  3. 03Fee lands at 0.85%, dead level with the median of its deep-buffer peer group.
  4. 04Running since 2020, with multiple full outcome periods behind it and a multi-hundred-million-dollar asset base.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Cheaper deep-buffer routes exist: Pacer's Swan SOS Conservative funds (PSCX, PSCW) charge 0.49% against 0.85% here.
  2. 02It targets the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, so index dividends sit outside the payoff and the fund has not been an income payer.
  3. 03Buffer and cap are set July to July; step in mid-period and both look different. Trading is thin, so spreads are worth a look.

DJUL Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 5:43 PM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
4
Top-10 weight
103%
Largest holding
2027-07-16 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 7.4299.2%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—2027-07-16 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 7.4299.22%6,380$478M1
002—2027-07-16 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 706.132.77%6,380$13M1
003—US Dollar0.98%4,739,714$5M394

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

DJUL Performance

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

DJUL$11,015
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. DJUL $11,015. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 DJUL. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodDJUL
Year to date+8.2%
1 month+0.7%
3 months+2.8%
1 year+10.1%
3 years+14.7%per year
5 years+9.4%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, 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 DJUL
YearReturn barDJUL
2026 YTD+8.2%
2025+13.3%
2024+15.0%
2023+18.1%
2022−8.3%
2021+6.2%
2020+4.5%

History from Jul 20, 2020

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DJUL Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

DJUL Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
7.3%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 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.
1.16
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 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.
−12.5%
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.
0.50
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.

DJUL Cost

Expense ratio0.85%
  • The middle half of S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30% funds
  • Median 0.85%

7 of the 19 S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30% funds charge less.

DJUL costs $85.00 a year on $10,000. The median S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30% fund costs $85.00.