Performance analysis of DAUG (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY DEEP BUFFER ETF - AUGUST)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, DAUG has had an average annual return of +12.30%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, DAUG has had an average annual return of +6.36%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Nov 7, 2019, DAUG has had an average annual return of +6.84%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +16.26% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.07% | +11.75% | +11.99% | +13.85% | -11.95% | +6.71% | +8.02% | +1.66% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.78% | -0.13% | -2.41% | +5.28% | +1.72% | -0.11% | +5.07% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.52% | -0.43% | -3.28% | -0.23% | +4.03% | +3.45% | +1.72% | +1.17% | +1.77% | +0.70% | +0.32% | +0.62% | +11.75% |
| 2024 | +0.95% | +2.29% | +1.12% | -0.54% | +1.98% | +0.85% | +0.58% | +1.37% | +1.39% | -0.51% | +2.72% | -0.77% | +11.99% |
| 2023 | +2.75% | -1.40% | +1.87% | +0.59% | -0.03% | +5.35% | +2.74% | -3.00% | -2.42% | -1.33% | +5.61% | +2.76% | +13.85% |
| 2022 | -1.72% | -1.29% | +1.89% | -4.61% | -0.23% | -2.78% | +0.93% | -3.46% | -4.80% | +3.72% | +3.13% | -2.99% | -11.95% |
| 2021 | -0.67% | +0.98% | +1.67% | +0.76% | +0.41% | +0.60% | +0.22% | +0.71% | -1.70% | +2.36% | -0.44% | +1.69% | +6.71% |
| 2020 | -0.00984% | -3.29% | -5.91% | +6.15% | +2.34% | +0.49% | +3.09% | +2.52% | -1.12% | -1.21% | +4.32% | +0.98% | +8.02% |
| 2019 | +0.86% | +0.79% | +1.66% |
Drawdown analysis of DAUG (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY DEEP BUFFER ETF - AUGUST)
The maximum drawdown for the DAUG was -15.34%, occurring on Oct 12, 2022. Recovery took 303 trading sessions.
The current DAUG drawdown is -0.21%.
Since Nov 7, 2019 DAUG has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -15.34% | Jan 3, 2022 | 195 | Oct 12, 2022 | 303 | Dec 27, 2023 | 498 |
| -14.10% | Feb 19, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 79 | Jul 15, 2020 | 102 |
| -10.53% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 41 | Jun 6, 2025 | 75 |
| -4.37% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 9 | Apr 13, 2026 | 32 |
| -3.00% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 13 | Oct 12, 2020 | 27 |
| -2.84% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 18 |
| -2.15% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 8 | Dec 3, 2025 | 25 |
| -2.03% | Aug 30, 2021 | 24 | Oct 4, 2021 | 12 | Oct 20, 2021 | 36 |
| -2.02% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 5 | Sep 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -1.66% | Nov 8, 2021 | 18 | Dec 3, 2021 | 14 | Dec 23, 2021 | 32 |
| -1.55% | Dec 11, 2024 | 19 | Jan 10, 2025 | 6 | Jan 21, 2025 | 25 |
| -1.48% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 10 | May 3, 2024 | 25 |
| -1.19% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.19% | Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.16% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 4 | Aug 9, 2024 | 7 |
| -1.14% | Jan 27, 2026 | 7 | Feb 5, 2026 | 2 | Feb 9, 2026 | 9 |
| -1.12% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 5 | Mar 11, 2021 | 11 |
| -1.12% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 4 | Feb 4, 2021 | 11 |
| -1.02% | Dec 29, 2023 | 3 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 7 |
| -1.02% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 4 | Jan 26, 2026 | 9 |
| -0.91% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 3 | Feb 5, 2020 | 12 |
| -0.86% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -0.86% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.85% | Jul 21, 2020 | 3 | Jul 24, 2020 | 5 | Jul 31, 2020 | 8 |
| -0.83% | Jun 12, 2025 | 1 | Jun 13, 2025 | 5 | Jun 23, 2025 | 6 |