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Pacer Swan SOS Conservative (July) ETF

PSCJCboePacerC

$32.01−0.08 (−0.25%)

As of Nov 2, 2026, 3:58 PM ET

C50/ 100

Rank 6 of 19 in S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%

C50/100Rank 6 of 19inS&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%
Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 32.09 to 32.01. Range 32.01 to 32.27. Use the arrow keys to read each point.32.0532.1532.2032.2510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.49%
Fund size
$42M
1Y total return
+8.0%
Yield · Last 12 months
No data
Holdings
3
Avg volume · 30D
570 sh
52W range
low $29.16high $33.00
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net PSCJ Grade

Based on 4 of 6 pillars

C

Score 50 out of 100

Category
S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%⁠
Rank
6 of 19
Six-pillar profile for PSCJ. Scores out of 100: Cost 81, Risk 35, Mission not scored, Tradability 12, Holdings not scored, Durability 34. Strongest: Cost (81). Weakest: Tradability (12). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.

Score 50 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.
    A81 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 19

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D35 out of 100
    Rank 16 of 19

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    F12 out of 100
    Rank 16 of 19

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    Not scored

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    D34 out of 100
    Rank 14 of 19

Our read on PSCJ

ETF.net Research

In short

CA 25-point cushion against S&P 500 losses, priced at 0.49% in a corner of the market where nearly twice that is normal. The July door into Pacer's quarterly deep-buffer lineup: capped upside, reset every 12 months.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to match the returns of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust up to a predetermined cap while mitigating a defined range of downside losses over approximately one year.

Why people hold it

  • Built to absorb 25 percentage points of S&P 500 downside over each roughly one-year outcome period. That is the deep end of the buffer spectrum, not a token cushion.
  • Charges 0.49% a year, well under the median fee among deep-buffer S&P funds. Unusual restraint for a strategy that runs on custom options contracts.
  • The reference asset is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, so the outcome is tied to plain US large-cap exposure rather than a bespoke index nobody can check.
  • One of four staggered siblings (PSCX January, PSCW April, PSCQ October) at the same 0.49% fee, so a July reset date is a choice rather than a constraint.

Worth knowing

  • The trade for that cushion is a ceiling: upside is capped, and the cap is set fresh at the start of each outcome period. Big S&P years get trimmed.
  • Buy partway through a period and your own buffer and cap differ from the fund's stated terms. The math is measured from the outcome period's start date.
  • A small fund that trades lightly, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than the category's household names. It has also not been paying distributions.

PSCJ Holdings

As of
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
3
Top-10 weight
102%
Largest holding
Spy 06/30/2027 8.21 C99.3%

Sectors

  • Technology40.1%
  • Financials11.3%
  • Communication9.9%
  • Health Care9.4%
  • Consumer Discretionary8.7%
  • Industrials7.6%
  • Consumer Staples4.4%
  • Energy3.4%
  • Utilities1.9%
  • Real Estate1.7%
  • Materials1.6%

Geography

  • United States99.53%
  • Switzerland0.26%
  • China0.10%
  • Mexico0.05%
  • Ireland0.03%
  • United Kingdom0.03%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1No dataSpy 06/30/2027 8.21 C99.32%552$41.9M1
2No dataSpy 06/30/2027 709.43 P2.34%552$990K1
3No dataU.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account 06/01/20310.75%315,915$316K106

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

PSCJ Performance

Launched Jun 30, 2021

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.
PSCJ$10,801
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. PSCJ $10,801. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025May 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 PSCJ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodPSCJ
Year to date+6.7%
1 month−0.4%
3 months+1.0%
1 year+8.0%
3 yearsper year+14.6%
5 yearsper year+8.9%
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 PSCJ
YearReturn barPSCJ
2026 YTD+6.7%
2025+12.8%
2024+14.7%
2023+18.5%
2022−7.5%
2021+3.3%

History from Jul 1, 2021

PSCJ in the news

PSCJ Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
No dataLast 12 months
Payout per share
No dataLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

PSCJ Risk

Risk pillarD35 out of 100Rank 16 of 19 in S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
6.9%
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.
1.38
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.
−11.9%
Trough Apr 2025
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.

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

PSCJ Cost

Compare PSCJ and CTJL

Overpaying vs CTJL, tied cheapest in S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%

$3,643

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

  • PSCJ 0.49%

    $9,792

  • CTJL 0.30% Tied cheapest

    $6,149

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • PSCJ 0.49%
  • CTJL 0.30%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K$10K051015202530PSCJ $9,792CTJL $6,149

Year by year

YearPSCJCTJLOverpaying
10$883$545$338
20$3,394$2,113$1,281
30$9,792$6,149$3,643

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