FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December
$30.39+0.00 (−0.08%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.85%
- Fund size
- $23M
- 1Y return
- +6.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.27%
- Holdings
- 7
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $30.37
- 52W range
The ETF.net XIDE Grade
Score 36 of 100 sits in the D 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.FScore 11Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 73Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 29Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 64Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 46Category rank
Our read on XIDE
DMost buffer funds swap upside for a cap. This one swaps it away entirely: it sells at-the-money calls on its S&P 500 reference fund, buffers the first 10% of that fund's losses, and pays the option premium out monthly.
The Fund seeks approximately 7.08% annualized income before fees and expenses while buffering the first 10% of losses of its underlying ETF during the December 22, 2025–December 18, 2026 outcome period.
Why people hold it
- The deal is stated up front: no gains above the reference ETF's price on day one of the period, in exchange for a set income target and a buffer on its first 10% of losses.sec.gov
- Premium collected from the calls sits in short-term Treasuries, and the cash goes out monthly rather than piling up until the annual reset.ftportfolios.com
- Terms are re-struck every December for a fresh one-year period, so the income target is repriced to market conditions instead of frozen at the 2023 launch level.sec.gov
Worth knowing
- At 0.85% a year it sits toward the pricier end of the buffer shelf; peers like BUFB (0.10%) and ZALT (0.69%) charge less for their own flavor of 10% protection.
- Outcomes are built for the full December-to-December period. Enter mid-period and your starting point differs, and below the buffer, losses track the reference ETF one for one.sec.gov
- A small fund that trades thinly, so spreads and fill quality matter more here than with the largest names in the buffer aisle.
XIDE Holdings
- Other
- 7
- 114%
- 2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.07
Sectors
XIDE 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 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.
| Period | XIDE |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.0% |
| 1 month | +0.5% |
| 3 months | +1.7% |
| 1 year | +6.6% |
| 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 | XIDE |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.0% | |
| 2025 | +6.9% | |
| 2024 | +6.6% | |
| 2023 | +0.3% |
XIDE in the news
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XIDE Dividends
- 6.27%
- $1.90
- $0.16 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 | $0.16 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 4, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | $0.16 |
XIDE Risk
- 2.4%
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.
- 0.93
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.
- −6.6%
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.
- 0.18
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XIDE Cost
- The middle half of S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds
- Median 0.79%
59 of the 77 S&P 500 Buffer 9-12% funds charge less.