Performance analysis of DDEC (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY DEEP BUFFER ETF - DECEMBER)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, DDEC has had an average annual return of +12.70%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, DDEC has had an average annual return of +8.32%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Dec 21, 2020, DDEC has had an average annual return of +8.55%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.59% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.97% | +12.33% | +12.25% | +16.81% | -6.70% | +7.62% | +0.75% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.58% | -0.22% | -2.15% | +4.90% | +1.93% | -0.03% | +4.97% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.57% | -0.71% | -3.30% | +0.07% | +3.47% | +3.05% | +1.35% | +1.45% | +1.94% | +0.80% | +1.14% | +1.05% | +12.33% |
| 2024 | +0.93% | +2.42% | +1.38% | -1.45% | +2.76% | +1.48% | +0.67% | +1.14% | +0.71% | +0.35% | +1.24% | +0.05% | +12.25% |
| 2023 | +3.62% | -1.07% | +1.95% | +1.18% | +0.62% | +3.66% | +1.18% | +0.14% | -1.87% | -1.57% | +6.65% | +1.47% | +16.81% |
| 2022 | -1.84% | -1.36% | +1.64% | -4.46% | +0.07% | -3.08% | +2.90% | -1.23% | -1.51% | +1.66% | +0.21% | +0.33% | -6.70% |
| 2021 | -0.82% | +1.12% | +1.98% | +1.28% | +0.46% | +0.68% | +0.22% | +0.62% | -0.65% | +1.20% | -0.10% | +1.42% | +7.62% |
| 2020 | +0.75% | +0.75% |
Drawdown analysis of DDEC (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY DEEP BUFFER ETF - DECEMBER)
The maximum drawdown for the DDEC was -10.22%, occurring on Jun 16, 2022. Recovery took 241 trading sessions.
The current DDEC drawdown is -0.19%.
Since Dec 21, 2020 DDEC has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 1 time
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -10.22% | Jan 3, 2022 | 114 | Jun 16, 2022 | 241 | Jun 2, 2023 | 355 |
| -9.40% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 86 |
| -5.49% | Sep 14, 2023 | 31 | Oct 27, 2023 | 10 | Nov 10, 2023 | 41 |
| -4.18% | Jan 27, 2026 | 43 | Mar 30, 2026 | 10 | Apr 14, 2026 | 53 |
| -3.28% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 8 | Aug 15, 2024 | 22 |
| -2.36% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 12 | May 7, 2024 | 27 |
| -1.90% | Nov 12, 2025 | 6 | Nov 20, 2025 | 3 | Nov 25, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.67% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 12 |
| -1.67% | Aug 1, 2023 | 13 | Aug 18, 2023 | 8 | Aug 30, 2023 | 21 |
| -1.61% | Dec 24, 2024 | 10 | Jan 10, 2025 | 5 | Jan 17, 2025 | 15 |
| -1.34% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 5 | Sep 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -1.30% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 4 | Mar 10, 2021 | 10 |
| -1.28% | Jul 25, 2025 | 5 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.25% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 12 | May 28, 2021 | 15 |
| -1.24% | Jan 9, 2026 | 6 | Jan 20, 2026 | 5 | Jan 27, 2026 | 11 |
| -1.15% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.11% | Dec 27, 2023 | 5 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 9 |
| -0.98% | Jan 24, 2025 | 6 | Feb 3, 2025 | 8 | Feb 13, 2025 | 14 |
| -0.83% | Jan 29, 2024 | 2 | Jan 31, 2024 | 2 | Feb 2, 2024 | 4 |
| -0.83% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -0.77% | Sep 2, 2021 | 11 | Sep 20, 2021 | 17 | Oct 13, 2021 | 28 |
| -0.75% | Aug 14, 2025 | 5 | Aug 21, 2025 | 1 | Aug 22, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.70% | Oct 27, 2025 | 8 | Nov 6, 2025 | 2 | Nov 10, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.68% | Dec 19, 2023 | 1 | Dec 20, 2023 | 3 | Dec 26, 2023 | 4 |
| -0.64% | Jul 3, 2025 | 1 | Jul 7, 2025 | 3 | Jul 10, 2025 | 4 |