GAUGFT CBOE VEST US EQUITY MODERATE BUFFER ETF - AUGUST
FT CBOE VEST US EQUITY MODERATE BUFFER ETF - AUGUST
$42.10-0.02% vs prior close
384252-WK
Price through Sep 30 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Sep 27. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN
The desk’s read
Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +7.2% so far this year.
COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH
$168Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
80Kavg daily volume, 30 days
0holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed August 15, 2024 · beta 0.39
Sector weights
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
| 1 week | -0.5% |
| 1 month | +0.0% |
| 3 months | +1.7% |
| 6 months | +8.8% |
| YTD | +7.2% |
| 1 year | +8.9% |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
Net flows
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | — |
| YTD | — |
| 1 year | — |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
6%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.6%latest close versus that peak
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
The case against GAUG
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GAUG on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESMV iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 0.18% | $7776.18T | +$16K | 46186690× the assets · +$16K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| REW ProShares UltraShort Technology | 0.95% | $4164.64T | +$930 | 24735913× the assets · +$930 in over the month | Head-to-head |
| EMDV ProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETF | 0.60% | $9881.28T | — | 58689957× the assets | Head-to-head |
| TYLG Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF | 0.60% | $9343.71T | — | 55497073× the assets | Head-to-head |
| ANEW ProShares MSCI Transformational Changes ETF | 0.45% | $8748.00T | — | 51958830× the assets | Head-to-head |