Performance analysis of FDEC (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - DECEMBER)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FDEC has had an average annual return of +15.95%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FDEC has had an average annual return of +10.60%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Dec 21, 2020, FDEC has had an average annual return of +11.40%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.59% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.38% | +14.83% | +14.32% | +22.77% | -9.18% | +14.12% | +1.37% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.70% | -0.15% | -3.38% | +6.85% | +2.56% | -0.06% | +6.38% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.97% | -0.88% | -3.65% | -0.44% | +4.31% | +3.53% | +1.46% | +1.72% | +2.23% | +1.17% | +1.17% | +1.55% | +14.83% |
| 2024 | +1.20% | +3% | +1.40% | -1.53% | +3.23% | +1.57% | +0.74% | +1.51% | +0.63% | +0.22% | +1.69% | -0.10% | +14.32% |
| 2023 | +5.04% | -1.91% | +2.89% | +1.40% | +0.51% | +5.02% | +1.95% | -0.55% | -3.69% | -2.10% | +8.56% | +4.26% | +22.77% |
| 2022 | -3.06% | -2.06% | +2.43% | -6.02% | +0.53% | -5.18% | +6.47% | -2.12% | -6.65% | +6.51% | +4.87% | -4.07% | -9.18% |
| 2021 | -1.18% | +1.90% | +3.31% | +2.28% | +0.63% | +1.23% | +0.59% | +1% | -0.82% | +1.81% | +0.14% | +2.48% | +14.12% |
| 2020 | +1.37% | +1.37% |
Drawdown analysis of FDEC (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - DECEMBER)
The maximum drawdown for the FDEC was -15.67%, occurring on Oct 12, 2022. Recovery took 166 trading sessions.
The current FDEC drawdown is -0.19%.
Since Dec 21, 2020 FDEC has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -15.67% | Jan 4, 2022 | 194 | Oct 12, 2022 | 166 | Jun 12, 2023 | 360 |
| -13.04% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 86 |
| -7.82% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 12 | Nov 14, 2023 | 75 |
| -5.83% | Jan 27, 2026 | 43 | Mar 30, 2026 | 10 | Apr 14, 2026 | 53 |
| -4.08% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 9 | Aug 16, 2024 | 23 |
| -2.67% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 12 | May 7, 2024 | 27 |
| -2.63% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 12 |
| -2.42% | Nov 12, 2025 | 6 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 10 |
| -2.30% | Feb 12, 2021 | 13 | Mar 4, 2021 | 4 | Mar 10, 2021 | 17 |
| -2.12% | Dec 26, 2024 | 9 | Jan 10, 2025 | 6 | Jan 21, 2025 | 15 |
| -1.95% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 11 | May 27, 2021 | 14 |
| -1.77% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 9 | Sep 19, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.62% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 5 | Jan 27, 2026 | 10 |
| -1.57% | Jul 25, 2025 | 5 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.54% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.25% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.18% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 4 | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.12% | Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 8 |
| -1.12% | Jan 24, 2025 | 6 | Feb 3, 2025 | 8 | Feb 13, 2025 | 14 |
| -1.11% | Aug 30, 2021 | 14 | Sep 20, 2021 | 18 | Oct 14, 2021 | 32 |
| -1.08% | Dec 31, 2020 | 1 | Jan 4, 2021 | 3 | Jan 7, 2021 | 4 |
| -1.05% | Jan 29, 2024 | 2 | Jan 31, 2024 | 2 | Feb 2, 2024 | 4 |
| -1.04% | Feb 9, 2024 | 2 | Feb 13, 2024 | 2 | Feb 15, 2024 | 4 |
| -1.04% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 2 | Dec 19, 2025 | 6 |
| -1.03% | Jun 14, 2021 | 4 | Jun 18, 2021 | 4 | Jun 24, 2021 | 8 |