Performance analysis of DMAY (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY DEEP BUFFER ETF - MAY)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, DMAY has had an average annual return of +10.83%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, DMAY has had an average annual return of +6.83%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.55% annual.
Since May 18, 2020, DMAY has had an average annual return of +7.11%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +17.76% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.01% | +11.04% | +12.83% | +15.39% | -9.98% | +6.14% | +6.40% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.54% | +0.23% | -1.45% | +3.78% | +1.51% | -0.45% | -0.14% | +4.01% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.73% | -0.50% | -3.98% | -0.90% | +6.70% | +2.24% | +1.08% | +1.11% | +1.30% | +0.54% | +0.57% | +0.95% | +11.04% |
| 2024 | +1% | +1.49% | +0.72% | +0.34% | +0.35% | +2.49% | +0.64% | +1.92% | +1.29% | -0.22% | +2.99% | -0.82% | +12.83% |
| 2023 | +3.54% | -1.91% | +2.77% | +1.28% | +0.55% | +3.12% | +1.37% | -0.41% | -2.16% | -1.14% | +5.50% | +2.20% | +15.39% |
| 2022 | -1.12% | -0.99% | +2.06% | -4.85% | -3.05% | -3.71% | +4.01% | -1.61% | -4.63% | +3.66% | +3.09% | -2.75% | -9.98% |
| 2021 | -0.35% | +0.80% | +0.55% | +0.21% | +0.73% | +0.88% | +0.60% | +0.76% | -1.18% | +1.98% | -0.51% | +1.52% | +6.14% |
| 2020 | +0.71% | +0.59% | +1.77% | +0.94% | -0.41% | -0.59% | +2.40% | +0.86% | +6.40% |
Drawdown analysis of DMAY (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY DEEP BUFFER ETF - MAY)
The maximum drawdown for the DMAY was -13.90%, occurring on Oct 14, 2022. Recovery took 272 trading sessions.
The current DMAY drawdown is -0.80%.
Since May 18, 2020 DMAY has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -13.90% | Apr 4, 2022 | 134 | Oct 14, 2022 | 272 | Nov 14, 2023 | 406 |
| -12.38% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 27 | May 16, 2025 | 61 |
| -4.53% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 11 | Aug 20, 2024 | 25 |
| -4.14% | Jan 4, 2022 | 47 | Mar 14, 2022 | 11 | Mar 29, 2022 | 58 |
| -3.36% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 6 | Apr 8, 2026 | 29 |
| -2.48% | Jun 8, 2020 | 3 | Jun 11, 2020 | 23 | Jul 15, 2020 | 26 |
| -2.45% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 10 |
| -2.18% | Jun 2, 2026 | 17 | Jun 26, 2026 | 12 | Jul 15, 2026 | 29 |
| -1.86% | Oct 12, 2020 | 12 | Oct 28, 2020 | 6 | Nov 5, 2020 | 18 |
| -1.74% | Dec 6, 2024 | 22 | Jan 10, 2025 | 5 | Jan 17, 2025 | 27 |
| -1.69% | Aug 27, 2020 | 18 | Sep 23, 2020 | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | 30 |
| -1.60% | Sep 2, 2021 | 21 | Oct 4, 2021 | 12 | Oct 20, 2021 | 33 |
| -1.58% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 21 |
| -1.43% | Nov 24, 2021 | 6 | Dec 3, 2021 | 13 | Dec 22, 2021 | 19 |
| -1.23% | Oct 18, 2024 | 11 | Nov 4, 2024 | 2 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.22% | May 19, 2025 | 4 | May 23, 2025 | 6 | Jun 3, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.17% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.04% | May 21, 2024 | 6 | May 30, 2024 | 4 | Jun 5, 2024 | 10 |
| -1.01% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | 9 |
| -0.86% | Feb 2, 2026 | 3 | Feb 5, 2026 | 2 | Feb 9, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.85% | Nov 8, 2024 | 5 | Nov 15, 2024 | 5 | Nov 22, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.84% | Jan 23, 2025 | 7 | Feb 3, 2025 | 3 | Feb 6, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.80% | Jul 15, 2026 | 3 | Jul 20, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -0.79% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 4 | Jan 26, 2026 | 9 |
| -0.77% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 9 |