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About FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Digital Return ETF - October
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Inception date
Oct 17, 2025
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Synthetic
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Advisors LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
ISIN
US33740U2814
DGOC aims to provide about 8.80% price returns (before fees and expenses) if the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY) shares appreciate, remain unchanged, or decrease in price by 10% or less. In exchange for preventing realization of the first 10% of losses, the fund foregoes some upside return and the dividend component of SPY because the options are written on the price (not total) return version of the shares. Should the shares of SPY decline greater than 10%, investors participate in the downside performance on a $1 for $1 basis. Shares must be held over a specific period to achieve the intended results. At the end of the target outcome period, the fund will reset for a new outcome period tied to the same index and buffer, but the cap may change based on market rates. The issuer publishes effective interim levels daily on its website. The targeted cap and buffer do not include the fund's expense ratio. The fund is actively managed and uses FLEX options on SPY shares exclusively.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Rights & Warrants
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Rights & Warrants98.86%
Cash1.14%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
DGOC assets under management is 1.54 M USD. It's risen 2.67% over the last month.
DGOC fund flows account for 1.50 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
No, DGOC doesn't pay dividends to its holders.
DGOC shares are issued by First Trust Advisors LP under the brand FT Vest. The ETF was launched on Oct 17, 2025, and its management style is Active.
DGOC expense ratio is 0.85% meaning you'd have to pay 0.85% of your investment to help manage the fund.
DGOC follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
DGOC invests in cash.
DGOC trades at a premium (0.11%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.