Performance analysis of FAUG (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - AUGUST)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FAUG has had an average annual return of +14.50%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FAUG has had an average annual return of +8.89%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Nov 7, 2019, FAUG has had an average annual return of +9.93%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +16.26% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.15% | +13.77% | +14.55% | +17.25% | -10.52% | +11.54% | +12.44% | +2.37% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.92% | -0.14% | -2.96% | +6.33% | +2.13% | -0.04% | +6.15% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.84% | -0.56% | -3.49% | -0.41% | +4.30% | +3.77% | +1.92% | +1.68% | +2.17% | +0.87% | +0.47% | +0.65% | +13.77% |
| 2024 | +1.01% | +3.01% | +1.43% | -1.19% | +2.86% | +1.15% | +0.73% | +1.64% | +1.37% | -0.57% | +3.34% | -1.00% | +14.55% |
| 2023 | +4.34% | -1.37% | +2.28% | +0.76% | +0.34% | +4.72% | +2.77% | -2.61% | -3.29% | -1.23% | +6.64% | +3.20% | +17.25% |
| 2022 | -2.55% | -1.83% | +2.70% | -5.98% | +0.52% | -3.95% | +5.85% | -3.83% | -6.60% | +5.45% | +4.08% | -3.85% | -10.52% |
| 2021 | -1.04% | +1.89% | +2.67% | +1.32% | +0.75% | +0.62% | +0.30% | +1.27% | -2.75% | +4.15% | -0.75% | +2.73% | +11.54% |
| 2020 | +0.24% | -5.55% | -7.58% | +8.63% | +3.18% | +1.41% | +3.37% | +4.10% | -2.22% | -1.67% | +7.15% | +1.98% | +12.44% |
| 2019 | +1.06% | +1.30% | +2.37% |
Drawdown analysis of FAUG (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - AUGUST)
The maximum drawdown for the FAUG was -22.33%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 82 trading sessions.
The current FAUG drawdown is -0.14%.
Since Nov 7, 2019 FAUG has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -22.33% | Feb 12, 2020 | 27 | Mar 23, 2020 | 82 | Jul 20, 2020 | 109 |
| -15.91% | Jan 3, 2022 | 195 | Oct 12, 2022 | 187 | Jul 13, 2023 | 382 |
| -12.81% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 43 | Jun 10, 2025 | 77 |
| -8.24% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 31 | Dec 12, 2023 | 94 |
| -5.41% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 13 | Oct 12, 2020 | 27 |
| -5.26% | Feb 2, 2026 | 39 | Mar 30, 2026 | 9 | Apr 13, 2026 | 48 |
| -4.80% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 6 | Nov 9, 2020 | 20 |
| -3.01% | Sep 3, 2021 | 20 | Oct 4, 2021 | 11 | Oct 19, 2021 | 31 |
| -2.75% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 8 | Dec 3, 2025 | 26 |
| -2.69% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 9 | Sep 19, 2024 | 13 |
| -2.49% | Nov 5, 2021 | 17 | Dec 1, 2021 | 7 | Dec 10, 2021 | 24 |
| -2.29% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 11 | May 6, 2024 | 26 |
| -2.16% | Jan 21, 2021 | 6 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 11 |
| -2.03% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 5 | Aug 12, 2024 | 8 |
| -1.95% | Dec 16, 2024 | 16 | Jan 10, 2025 | 6 | Jan 21, 2025 | 22 |
| -1.79% | Dec 10, 2021 | 6 | Dec 20, 2021 | 2 | Dec 22, 2021 | 8 |
| -1.66% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.62% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 5 | Mar 11, 2021 | 11 |
| -1.43% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.40% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 10 | May 26, 2021 | 13 |
| -1.36% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 5 | Jan 27, 2026 | 10 |
| -1.31% | Dec 29, 2023 | 3 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 7 |
| -1.30% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 3 | Feb 5, 2020 | 12 |
| -1.28% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -1.27% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 3 | Aug 6, 2025 | 7 |