
AllianzIM U.S. Equity 6 Month Buffer10 Jun/Dec ETF
$31.800.00 (0.00%)
- 0.74%
- $390M
- +12.6%
- 0.1M sh
- $31.82
- low $27.85high $31.89
The ETF.net SIXD Grade
Score 65 out of 100
- 3 of 77
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B 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.B68 out of 100Rank 17 of 77Mission
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.B67 out of 100Rank 13 of 76Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B65 out of 100Rank 24 of 77Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B58 out of 100Rank 21 of 44Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B59 out of 100Rank 29 of 77
Our read on SIXD
BMost buffer ETFs lock you into a full year. SIXD runs six-month laps: the first 10% of a decline in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is cushioned, a fresh cap is set each period, and the clock restarts every June and December.
The Fund seeks to match the share-price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust at the end of each six-month Outcome Period, subject to an upside Cap and a buffer against the first 10% of losses.
Why people hold it
- Six-month laps instead of twelve. The 10% buffer and a new cap reset at each period start (June 1 and December 1), so terms are repriced twice as often as an annual buffer fund.
- At 0.74%, it comes in under the typical shallow-buffer fund's 0.79%, and under Innovator's monthly B-series (BJUN, PJUN) charging 0.79%.
- In a crowded shallow-buffer field, this rates as one of the stronger implementations in its peer group, with terms defined in the fund's own filings rather than left to discretion.
- AllianzIM runs the same six-month recipe on staggered start months (SIXZ, SIXJ, SIXF), so the Jun/Dec version is one rung of a ladder rather than a one-off.
Worth knowing
- The cap is what pays for the cushion. Upside is limited every period, and the next period's cap isn't known until that period begins.
- Outcomes are measured point to point at the period's end. Buy mid-period and you inherit whatever buffer and cap remain, and declines past 10% land on you.
- Launched in 2024, so the track record is short, and distributions haven't been part of the picture here.
SIXD Holdings
- Stocks
- 3
- 100%
- 4SPY 261130C00005600
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%
SIXD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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 | SIXD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.1% |
| 1 month | +1.2% |
| 3 months | +2.4% |
| 1 year | +12.6% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | SIXD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.1% | |
| 2025 | +8.8% | |
| 2024 | +6.2% |
SIXD in the news

Filings Digest
AllianzIM launches OCTI and resets October buffer terms




SIXD Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
SIXD Risk
- 5.9%
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.
- 0.90
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.
- −10.9%
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.
- 0.47
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SIXD Cost
- The middle half of S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds
- Median 0.79%
16 of the 77 S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds charge less.
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