Performance analysis of FMAR (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - MARCH)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FMAR has had an average annual return of +14.56%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FMAR has had an average annual return of +10.79%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Mar 22, 2021, FMAR has had an average annual return of +11.38%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.88% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +10.01% | +9.70% | +14.61% | +20.39% | -5.52% | +11.38% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.64% | +0.59% | +0.92% | +5.73% | +1.95% | -0.10% | +10.01% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.76% | -0.09% | -4.07% | -0.61% | +3.82% | +2.98% | +1.20% | +0.97% | +1.24% | +0.68% | +0.64% | +0.98% | +9.70% |
| 2024 | +1.13% | +0.73% | +2.03% | -2.35% | +3.45% | +2.37% | +0.92% | +1.97% | +1.20% | -0.25% | +3.17% | -0.51% | +14.61% |
| 2023 | +4.04% | -0.02% | +3.07% | +1.22% | +0.53% | +4.15% | +1.31% | -0.05% | -2.44% | -1.27% | +6.33% | +2.17% | +20.39% |
| 2022 | -1.07% | -0.85% | +4.06% | -6.08% | +0.66% | -5.90% | +6.45% | -2.66% | -5.95% | +5.71% | +3.48% | -2.40% | -5.52% |
| 2021 | +0.87% | +3.16% | +0.74% | +1.37% | +0.74% | +1.31% | -1.70% | +2.93% | -0.53% | +2.03% | +11.38% |
Drawdown analysis of FMAR (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - MARCH)
The maximum drawdown for the FMAR was -14.36%, occurring on Oct 12, 2022. Recovery took 156 trading sessions.
The current FMAR drawdown is -0.21%.
Since Mar 22, 2021 FMAR has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -14.36% | Mar 29, 2022 | 136 | Oct 12, 2022 | 156 | May 26, 2023 | 292 |
| -12.37% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 53 | Jun 25, 2025 | 87 |
| -5.44% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 12 | Aug 21, 2024 | 26 |
| -5.36% | Sep 14, 2023 | 31 | Oct 27, 2023 | 12 | Nov 14, 2023 | 43 |
| -5.29% | Jan 3, 2022 | 48 | Mar 14, 2022 | 4 | Mar 18, 2022 | 52 |
| -3.42% | Mar 27, 2024 | 16 | Apr 19, 2024 | 15 | May 10, 2024 | 31 |
| -2.83% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 9 | Sep 19, 2024 | 13 |
| -2.41% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 12 | May 28, 2021 | 15 |
| -2.36% | Mar 25, 2026 | 2 | Mar 27, 2026 | 3 | Apr 1, 2026 | 5 |
| -2.06% | Jul 28, 2023 | 14 | Aug 17, 2023 | 19 | Sep 14, 2023 | 33 |
| -1.85% | Sep 3, 2021 | 18 | Sep 30, 2021 | 11 | Oct 15, 2021 | 29 |
| -1.81% | Nov 16, 2021 | 12 | Dec 3, 2021 | 8 | Dec 15, 2021 | 20 |
| -1.74% | Dec 11, 2024 | 5 | Dec 18, 2024 | 19 | Jan 17, 2025 | 24 |
| -1.61% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.43% | Nov 11, 2025 | 7 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 11 |
| -1.28% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.05% | Jun 14, 2021 | 4 | Jun 18, 2021 | 2 | Jun 22, 2021 | 6 |
| -1.00% | Aug 16, 2021 | 3 | Aug 19, 2021 | 4 | Aug 25, 2021 | 7 |
| -0.99% | May 21, 2024 | 6 | May 30, 2024 | 4 | Jun 5, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.98% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -0.93% | Dec 15, 2021 | 3 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 6 |
| -0.83% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 4 | Aug 7, 2025 | 8 |
| -0.79% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 2 | Jun 28, 2023 | 8 |
| -0.77% | Nov 13, 2024 | 2 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 8 |
| -0.74% | Apr 16, 2021 | 2 | Apr 20, 2021 | 4 | Apr 26, 2021 | 6 |