Pacer Swan SOS Conservative (July) ETF
$32.59+0.01 (+0.05%)
- 0.49%
- $42M
- +11.3%
- 0M sh
- $32.60
- low $29.16high $33.00
The ETF.net PSCJ Grade
C
Score 51 out of 100
- 6 of 19
Score 51 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 100Rank 3 of 19Mission
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.D37 out of 100Rank 17 of 19Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F13 out of 100Rank 17 of 19Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D33 out of 100Rank 14 of 19
Our read on PSCJ
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.
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
- Stocks
- 3
- 103%
- Spy 06/30/2027 8.21 C
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%
PSCJ Performance
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$11,127
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 | PSCJ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.3% |
| 1 month | +1.2% |
| 3 months | +2.3% |
| 1 year | +11.3% |
| 3 years | +14.3% |
| 5 years | +9.6% |
| 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 | PSCJ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +12.8% | |
| 2024 | +14.7% | |
| 2023 | +18.5% | |
| 2022 | −7.5% | |
| 2021 | +3.3% |
PSCJ in the news
PSCJ Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
PSCJ Risk
- 7.0%
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.
- 1.32
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.
- −11.9%
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.
- 0.50
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
PSCJ Cost
0.49%
PSCJ0.49%
- The middle half of S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30% funds
- Median 0.85%
2 of the 19 S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30% funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%
- CDFEBFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - FebruaryExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +13.0%
- CDJULFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - JulyExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +11.8%
- CDAUGFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - AugustExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +11.2%
- CDJANFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - JanuaryExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +12.5%
- CDMARFT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - MarchExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +13.3%