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About FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer Fund - Apr
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Inception date
Apr 21, 2023
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
US33740F4587
GAPR uses options in an effort to moderate losses on shares of SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY) over a one-year period, starting in April. The fund foregoes some upside return, as well as the dividend component of SPY because the options are written on the price (not total) return version of the shares, in exchange for preventing realization of the first 15% of the losses in SPY value. Should the shares of SPY decline greater than 15%, investors participate in the downside performance on a $1 for $1 basis. Shares must be held over a specific period to pursue 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 targeted cap and buffer do not include the funds expense ratio and should be taken into consideration. The fund is actively managed and uses FLEX options on SPY shares exclusively.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Rights & Warrants
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Rights & Warrants99.19%
Cash0.81%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
GAPR assets under management is 248.54 M USD. It's risen 0.56% over the last month.
GAPR fund flows account for 11.38 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, GAPR doesn't pay dividends to its holders.
GAPR shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC under the brand FT Vest. The ETF was launched on Apr 21, 2023, and its management style is Active.
GAPR expense ratio is 0.85% meaning you'd have to pay 0.85% of your investment to help manage the fund.
GAPR follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
GAPR invests in cash.
GAPR price has risen by 0.67% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 7.27% increase. See more dynamics on GAPR price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.73% over the last month, showed a 3.60% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 7.25% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.73% over the last month, showed a 3.60% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 7.25% in a year.
GAPR trades at a premium (0.01%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.