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SIXD

GradeBChicago Board Options Exchange

AllianzIM U.S. Equity 6 Month Buffer10 Jun/Dec ETF

Buffered · AllianzIM · Inception 2024-05-31

$31.53−0.11 (−0.34%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:55 PM EDT

History starts Jun 3, 2024.
Intraday session: down, 15 prints from 31.64 to 31.53. Range 31.51 to 31.62. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$31.50$31.55$31.6010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.74%
Fund size
$387M
1Y return
+11.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
Holdings
5
Volume · 30D
0.2M sh
NAV per share
$31.66
52W range
low $27.85high $31.72

The ETF.net SIXD Grade

B

64/ 100

Rank 9 of 77 in S&P 500 Buffer 9-12%

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for SIXD. Scores out of 100: Cost 68, Risk 64, Mission not scored, Tradability 60, Holdings 61, Durability 59. Strongest: Cost (68). Weakest: Durability (59). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 64 of 100 sits in the B 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.
    BScore 68
    Category rank28/77 · top 36%
  • 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 64
    Category rank18/73 · top 25%
  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 60
    Category rank26/77 · top 34%
  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 61
    Category rank16/42 · top 38%
  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 59
    Category rank29/77 · top 38%

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

Our read on SIXD

ETF.net Research

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.

Stated mandate

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

  1. 01Six-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.
  2. 02At 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%.
  3. 03In 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.
  4. 04AllianzIM 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

  1. 01The 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.
  2. 02Outcomes 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.
  3. 03Launched in 2024, so the track record is short, and distributions haven't been part of the picture here.

SIXD Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 9:12 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
5
Top-10 weight
101%
Largest holding
4SPY 261130C0000560098.5%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
0014SPY 261130C00005600SPY 11/30/2026 5.60 C98.53%5,000$377M1
0024SPY 261130P00756400SPY 11/30/2026 756.40 P1.86%5,000$7M1
003Cash&Other0.34%1,302,453$1M50

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

SIXD Performance

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

SIXD$11,188
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. SIXD $11,188. 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 SIXD. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodSIXD
Year to date+9.5%
1 month+0.9%
3 months+2.9%
1 year+11.9%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper 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 SIXD
YearReturn barSIXD
2026 YTD+9.5%
2025+8.8%
2024+6.2%

History from Jun 3, 2024

SIXD in the news

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SIXD Dividends

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

No distributions in the last 12 months.

SIXD Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
5.9%
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.
−10.9%
27 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.

SIXD Cost

Expense ratio0.74%
  • 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.

SIXD costs $74.00 a year on $10,000. The median S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% fund costs $79.00.