

TrueShares Structured Outcome (October) ETF
$47.03+0.06 (+0.13%)
- 0.79%
- $44M
- +14.1%
- 3.62%
- 0M sh
- $47.00
- low $40.24high $47.90
The ETF.net OCTZ Grade
Score 43 out of 100
- 51 of 77
Score 43 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.C40 out of 100Rank 34 of 77Mission
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.F24 out of 100Rank 68 of 76Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D32 out of 100Rank 58 of 77Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 44Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C40 out of 100Rank 59 of 77
Our read on OCTZ
CMost buffer ETFs trade away your upside for downside protection. OCTZ skips the hard cap: it targets a 10% cushion against S&P 500 price losses over a 12-month October-to-October period, and leaves the upside open.
The fund seeks to track the S&P 500 Price Return Index before fees and expenses while protecting the first 8% to 12% of index losses over a twelve-month period.
Why people hold it
- No hard cap. It buffers the first 8% to 12% of S&P 500 price index losses per period (10% target) while leaving upside open, the design TrueShares built its lineup on.true-shares.com
- Fixed calendar: each outcome period runs October 1 to September 30, then resets, so the buffer's start and end dates are known up front.true-shares.com
- October is one of several monthly-dated siblings on the same index (JANZ, MAYZ, NOVZ, DECZ), so the entry month can be picked or laddered across the year.
- Trading since 2020, one of the longer-running uncapped buffer funds on the S&P 500 price index.true-shares.com
Worth knowing
- The buffer is a full-period outcome: buy mid-period and your cushion and starting level differ. Past the buffer, losses follow the index one for one.sec.gov
- The options reference the S&P 500 price index, so shareholders forgo the index's dividends.sec.gov
- Small and thinly traded, so spreads can run wider than at the largest buffer funds; 0.79% is the peer median but above laddered options like PSFF (0.10%).
OCTZ Holdings
- Stocks
- 5
- 103%
- Treasury Bill B 09/02/27
Sectors
- Technology37.9%
- Financials11.7%
- Communication10.0%
- Consumer Discretionary9.6%
- Health Care9.1%
- Industrials8.4%
- Consumer Staples4.6%
- Energy3.0%
- Utilities2.3%
- Real Estate1.9%
- Materials1.7%
OCTZ 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 | OCTZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.4% |
| 1 month | +1.4% |
| 3 months | +2.0% |
| 1 year | +14.1% |
| 3 years | +16.8% |
| 5 years | +11.0% |
| 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 | OCTZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.4% | |
| 2025 | +12.9% | |
| 2024 | +18.9% | |
| 2023 | +18.2% | |
| 2022 | −10.3% | |
| 2021 | +20.5% | |
| 2020 | +8.5% |
OCTZ in the news

Filings Digest
AllianzIM launches OCTI and resets October buffer terms




OCTZ Dividends
- 3.62%
- $1.70
- $1.70 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
OCTZ Risk
- 9.4%
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.
- 1.21
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.
- −15.8%
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.
- 0.71
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
OCTZ Cost
- The middle half of S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds
- Median 0.79%
33 of the 77 S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P 500 Buffer 9-12%
- CDECZTrueShares Structured Outcome (December) ETFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return +14.5%
- CFOCTFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - OctoberExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +16.4%
- CFJUNFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - JuneExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +12.0%
- CXBFRInnovator Equity Managed 10 Buffer ETFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return —
- CJULCCorgi ETF Trust I - Corgi U.S. Equities 10% Structured Buffer ETF - July SeriesExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return —