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PSCJ

GradeCChicago Board Options Exchange

Pacer Swan SOS Conservative (July) ETF

Buffered · Pacer · Inception 2021-06-29 · SEC filings

$32.31−0.10 (−0.30%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:17 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 35 prints from 32.41 to 32.31. Range 32.26 to 32.40. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$32.25$32.35$32.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.49%
Fund size
$42M
1Y return
+10.0%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
6
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$32.40
52W range
low $29.16high $33.00

The ETF.net PSCJ Grade

C

48/ 100

Rank 8 of 19 in S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for PSCJ. Scores out of 100: Cost 81, Risk 33, Mission not scored, Tradability 6, Holdings not scored, Durability 34. Strongest: Cost (81). Weakest: Tradability (6). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 48 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.
    AScore 81
    Category rank3/19 · top 16%

  • Mission

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

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    DScore 33
    Category rank18/18 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 6
    Category rank18/19 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    Not scored
    —

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    DScore 34
    Category rank14/19 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 4 of 6 pillars

Our read on PSCJ

ETF.net Research

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

  1. 01Built 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.
  2. 02Charges 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.
  3. 03The 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.
  4. 04One 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

  1. 01The 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.
  2. 02Buy 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.
  3. 03A 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 Sep 16, 2026, 3:19 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
6
Top-10 weight
102%
Largest holding
SPY 06/30/2027 8.21 C98.5%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—SPY 06/30/2027 8.21 C98.52%552$41M1
002—SPY 06/30/2027 709.43 P2.97%552$1M1
003—U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account 06/01/20310.80%332,352$332K100

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

PSCJ Performance

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

PSCJ$10,996
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. PSCJ $10,996. 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 PSCJ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodPSCJ
Year to date+7.8%
1 month+0.7%
3 months+2.5%
1 year+10.0%
3 years+14.3%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 PSCJ
YearReturn barPSCJ
2026 YTD+7.8%
2025+12.8%
2024+14.7%
2023+18.5%
2022−7.5%
2021+3.3%

History from Jul 1, 2021

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PSCJ Dividends

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

No distributions in the last 12 months.

PSCJ Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
7.4%
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.
1.10
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.
−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.

PSCJ Cost

Expense ratio0.49%
  • 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.

PSCJ costs $49.00 a year on $10,000. The median S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30% fund costs $85.00.