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RSJN

GradeCNew York Stock Exchange Arca

FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF - June

Buffered · First Trust · Inception 2024-06-21

$37.44−0.10 (−0.27%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

History starts Jun 24, 2024.
Intraday session: down, 51 prints from 37.54 to 37.44. Range 37.41 to 37.50. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$37.42$37.46$37.48$37.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.85%
Fund size
$84M
1Y return
+11.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
4
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$37.29
52W range
low $33.00high $38.35

The ETF.net RSJN Grade

C

53/ 100

Rank 5 of 11 in Other Buffered⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for RSJN. Scores out of 100: Cost 39, Risk 69, Mission not scored, Tradability 59, Holdings 48, Durability 85. Strongest: Durability (85). Weakest: Cost (39). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 53 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.
    DScore 39
    Category rank7/11 · mid-pack

  • 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.
    BScore 69
    Category rank3/11 · top 27%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 59
    Category rank4/11 · top 36%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 48
    Category rank4/7 · mid-pack

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 85
    Category rank1/11 · top 9%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on RSJN

ETF.net Research

CMost buffer ETFs are bolted onto the cap-weighted S&P 500, where a few megacaps call the shots. RSJN buffers the equal-weight version instead: the same 500-odd names, spread evenly, with the first 10% of losses absorbed over each June-to-June period.

Stated mandate

Seeks returns matching the Underlying ETF’s price return up to a predetermined cap, while buffering the first 10% of its losses during the June 22, 2026–June 17, 2027 Target Outcome Period.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The reference asset is the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, so roughly 500 companies carry similar weight and no single megacap steers the outcome. A rare flavor in a cohort built mostly on cap-weighted indexes.ftportfolios.com
  2. 02The rules are written down, not left to a manager's judgment: absorb the first 10% of the underlying ETF's price decline over the stated outcome period, in exchange for an upside cap set at each period's start.ftportfolios.com
  3. 03Expense ratio is 0.85%, right in line with what defined-outcome funds in its peer group charge for the same options plumbing.
  4. 04June is one of three siblings on the same equal-weight reference (March and September round it out), so start dates can be laddered instead of hitched to one calendar.ftportfolios.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01The buffer is paid for with a ceiling: gains in the underlying ETF above the period's cap don't come through. Terms also reset each June, so entering mid-period changes your effective cap and remaining buffer.ftportfolios.com
  2. 02The target is price return on the underlying ETF, held via FLEX options, so dividends from those 500 companies are not passed through. Income is not part of the design.ftportfolios.com
  3. 03Trading is light next to the biggest buffer funds, so spreads and limit orders matter more here than with a mega-cap-index product.

RSJN Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 5:49 PM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
4
Top-10 weight
103%
Largest holding
2027-06-17 Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF C 2.1098.1%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—2027-06-17 Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF C 2.1098.13%3,959$82M1
002—2027-06-17 Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF P 209.963.70%3,959$3M1
003—US Dollar0.99%828,794$829K394

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

RSJN Performance

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

RSJN$11,153
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. RSJN $11,153. 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 RSJN. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodRSJN
Year to date+9.3%
1 month−2.0%
3 months+1.8%
1 year+11.5%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—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 RSJN
YearReturn barRSJN
2026 YTD+9.3%
2025+7.9%
2024+5.1%

History from Jun 24, 2024

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RSJN Dividends

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

No distributions in the last 12 months.

RSJN Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
7.1%
Annualised · 26 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.
0.96
vs 3-month T-bills · 26 months 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.
−12.4%
26 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.
0.47
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.

RSJN Cost

Expense ratio0.85%
  • The middle half of Other Buffered funds
  • Median 0.85%

2 of the 9 Other Buffered funds charge less.

RSJN costs $85.00 a year on $10,000. The median Other Buffered fund costs $85.00.