FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF
$20.93−0.34 (−1.62%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.85%
- Fund size
- $609M
- 1Y return
- +11.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 23.53%
- Holdings
- 4
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $21.17
- 52W range
The ETF.net IGLD Grade
Score 69 of 100 sits in the B 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.BScore 58Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 82Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 65Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 70Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.Not scoredDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 95Category rank
Our read on IGLD
BGold that pays you monthly. IGLD holds Treasuries plus options tied to the SPDR Gold Trust, chasing bullion's price moves while selling calls to fund a monthly distribution. Running since 2021.
The fund seeks participation in the price returns of SPDR Gold Trust while providing consistent income. It invests mainly in U.S. Treasury securities and a subsidiary holding exchange-traded options referencing that gold ETF.
Why people hold it
- An early mover in gold options-income. Launched in 2021, it has run its call-selling engine through real gold cycles, not a backtest.ftportfolios.com
- 0.85% a year undercuts the typical fee in the gold options-income crowd.
- Plain plumbing: Treasuries as collateral, a subsidiary holding the gold options, all inside a standard 1940 Act fund. No K-1 partnership paperwork.ftportfolios.com
- Distributions land monthly, and the fund sits among the stronger builds in its peer group for doing what its documents say.
Worth knowing
- No bars in a vault here. Exposure comes from options referencing a gold ETF, and the calls sold to fund income trim how much of a gold rally you keep.ftportfolios.com
- Part of a payout can be return of capital, which is your own money coming back and lowers your cost basis.ftportfolios.com
- Not the cheapest seat in the room: YGLD charges 0.53% for its own gold-plus-income spin.
IGLD Holdings
- Other
- 4
- 144%
- U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026
IGLD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
IGLD$11,112
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.
| Period | IGLD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.8% |
| 1 month | −4.0% |
| 3 months | +2.9% |
| 1 year | +11.1% |
| 3 years | +22.0% |
| 5 years | +14.0% |
| 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 | IGLD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.8% | |
| 2025 | +47.5% | |
| 2024 | +19.4% | |
| 2023 | +9.2% | |
| 2022 | −2.4% | |
| 2021 | +4.3% |
IGLD in the news
IGLD Dividends
- 23.53%
- $5.01
- $0.40 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.43 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 | $0.44 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | $0.48 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | $0.50 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | $0.55 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.60 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 4, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | $0.14 |
IGLD Risk
- 14.9%
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.
- 1.14
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.
- −23.8%
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.
- 0.20
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IGLD Cost
0.85%
IGLD0.85%
- The middle half of Gold & Metals Option Income funds
- Median 0.93%
4 of the 12 Gold & Metals Option Income funds charge less.