DLAGFT Vest U.S. Equity Dual Directional Buffer ETF - August
Issuer: First Trust· Type: ETF
Positioning: Growth
Underlying exposure
S&P 500 equity exposure linked to the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) through FLEX options.
Strategy brief
Uses FLEX options to seek SPY gains up to a cap or inverse participation in losses up to a threshold, while buffering a portion of deeper losses over an approximately one-year outcome period.
Latest close
$33.85
(+0.33%)
As of 2026-10-02
Latest distribution
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Estimated forward yield
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Listed date
2025-09-19
Expense ratio
0.85%
Payout frequency
Annual
History
Latest signal snapshot·2026-09
Use these as a first-pass read on whether the fund’s income looks attractive, supported, and paired with acceptable price behavior.
TTM yield
0.00% / annualized
TTM yield in the latest monthly snapshot.
Yield signalLow
Price CAGR
10.07% / annualized
Recent annualized share price change, excluding distributions.
Price CAGR signalHigh
Payout Support
+10.1%Return gap
No major payout-support issue detected in the latest window.
Payout support riskLow
Stability
Summarizes recent price stability using volatility, beta, and drawdown.
Stability signalMedium
Sufficient history
Latest window: limited historyHistory
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Historical signalsLast 1 year · Monthly
Metrics historyLast 1 year · Monthly
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UMARExposureBroad EquityBenchmarkS&P 500Support riskLowStabilityMediumForward yield——TTM yield0.00%0.00ppTotal return CAGR+13.11%+3.04pp
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