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PSCQ

GradeCChicago Board Options Exchange

Pacer Swan SOS Conservative (October) ETF

Buffered · Pacer · Inception 2021-09-29 · SEC filings

$32.17−0.01 (−0.03%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 11:51 AM EDT

History starts Oct 1, 2021.
Intraday session: down, 9 prints from 32.18 to 32.17. Range 32.17 to 32.19. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$32.17$32.18$32.1910 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.49%
Fund size
$47M
1Y return
+11.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
6
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$32.17
52W range
low $28.45high $32.18

The ETF.net PSCQ Grade

C

52/ 100

Rank 5 of 19 in S&P 500 Deep Buffer 25-30%⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for PSCQ. Scores out of 100: Cost 81, Risk 43, Mission not scored, Tradability 19, Holdings not scored, Durability 17. Strongest: Cost (81). Weakest: Durability (17). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 52 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 rank4/19 · top 21%

  • Mission

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

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 43
    Category rank14/18 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 19
    Category rank15/19 · 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.
    FScore 17
    Category rank17/19 · bottom quartile

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

Our read on PSCQ

ETF.net Research

CA deep buffer with a deductible: you take the first 5% of an S&P 500 slide, then the next 25 points get cushioned, up to a cap reset each October. At 0.49% a year, it is a low-cost way to run that trade.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to match the returns of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust before fees and expenses up to a predetermined cap while providing a downside buffer over approximately one year.

Why people hold it

  1. 010.49% a year, at the cheap end of the SPY deep-buffer group. In a capped strategy, fees come straight out of the upside you are allowed to keep.
  2. 02Real depth of cushion: underlying losses from 5% down to 30% are absorbed by the options package, 25 percentage points of protection across a full one-year outcome period.paceretfs.com
  3. 03October start date. Pacer runs the same conservative recipe in January, April and July windows, so you choose which twelve months (and which cap) you live with.
  4. 04Plain plumbing: FLEX options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, no stock picking, no leverage. It sits in the upper half of its deep-buffer peer group.paceretfs.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01The cap is the price of the cushion. Upside stops at a level set when the October period begins, so a roaring S&P year leaves money on the table.
  2. 02The 5% to 30% math is built for holders of the full period. Buy mid-period and your effective buffer and cap depend on the price you pay.paceretfs.com
  3. 03A small fund that trades thinly, so spreads can run wider than on big index ETFs. It holds options, not dividend payers, so income is not part of the design.

PSCQ Holdings

As of Sep 16, 2026, 3:19 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
6
Top-10 weight
103%
Largest holding
2SPY US 09/30/26 C7.33 FLX102.2%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—2SPY US 09/30/26 C7.33 FLX102.21%644$48M1
002—U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account 06/01/20310.27%126,007$126K100
003—2SPY US 09/30/26 P632.87 FLX0.03%644$15K1

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

PSCQ Performance

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

PSCQ$11,108
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. PSCQ $11,108. 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 PSCQ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodPSCQ
Year to date+9.0%
1 month+1.0%
3 months+3.4%
1 year+11.1%
3 years+12.6%per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—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 PSCQ
YearReturn barPSCQ
2026 YTD+9.0%
2025+11.5%
2024+9.7%
2023+19.8%
2022−4.5%
2021+2.4%

History from Oct 1, 2021

PSCQ in the news

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PSCQ Dividends

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

No distributions in the last 12 months.

PSCQ Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
6.2%
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.
1.20
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.
−9.9%
59 months · 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.
0.40
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.

PSCQ 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.

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