Performance analysis of FMAY (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - MAY)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FMAY has had an average annual return of +14.30%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FMAY has had an average annual return of +9.69%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14% annual.
Since May 18, 2020, FMAY has had an average annual return of +10.41%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +18.59% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.79% | +12.69% | +14.46% | +17.82% | -8.08% | +11% | +10.91% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.62% | +0.26% | -2.08% | +4.83% | +2.04% | +0.12% | +5.79% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.89% | -0.47% | -4.00% | -1.04% | +6.13% | +3.15% | +1.37% | +1.41% | +1.58% | +0.62% | +0.63% | +1.04% | +12.69% |
| 2024 | +1.10% | +2.14% | +1% | +0.19% | +0.78% | +2.31% | +0.74% | +2.02% | +1.35% | -0.39% | +3.34% | -0.93% | +14.46% |
| 2023 | +4.21% | -1.88% | +2.42% | +0.84% | +0.38% | +4.52% | +1.83% | -0.56% | -2.94% | -1.44% | +6.48% | +3.09% | +17.82% |
| 2022 | -1.81% | -1.30% | +2.63% | -6.22% | +1.88% | -5.47% | +6.25% | -2.41% | -6.76% | +5.96% | +4% | -3.96% | -8.08% |
| 2021 | -0.47% | +1.42% | +1.21% | +0.20% | +1.20% | +1.28% | +1.26% | +1.60% | -2.33% | +3.58% | -0.67% | +2.32% | +11% |
| 2020 | +1.49% | +0.95% | +2.55% | +2.12% | -0.91% | -0.88% | +4.60% | +0.63% | +10.91% |
Drawdown analysis of FMAY (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - MAY)
The maximum drawdown for the FMAY was -13.60%, occurring on Oct 12, 2022. Recovery took 167 trading sessions.
Since May 18, 2020 FMAY has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -13.60% | Mar 29, 2022 | 136 | Oct 12, 2022 | 167 | Jun 13, 2023 | 303 |
| -13.13% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 39 | Jun 4, 2025 | 73 |
| -6.13% | Jan 3, 2022 | 44 | Mar 8, 2022 | 15 | Mar 29, 2022 | 59 |
| -6.13% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 12 | Nov 14, 2023 | 75 |
| -5.18% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 12 | Aug 21, 2024 | 26 |
| -4.25% | Jun 8, 2020 | 3 | Jun 11, 2020 | 26 | Jul 20, 2020 | 29 |
| -4.21% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 6 | Apr 8, 2026 | 29 |
| -3.37% | Oct 12, 2020 | 12 | Oct 28, 2020 | 8 | Nov 9, 2020 | 20 |
| -2.85% | Sep 2, 2020 | 15 | Sep 24, 2020 | 11 | Oct 9, 2020 | 26 |
| -2.72% | Aug 30, 2021 | 24 | Oct 4, 2021 | 11 | Oct 19, 2021 | 35 |
| -2.65% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 9 | Sep 19, 2024 | 13 |
| -2.02% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 22 |
| -2.01% | Nov 16, 2021 | 10 | Dec 1, 2021 | 5 | Dec 8, 2021 | 15 |
| -1.85% | Dec 6, 2024 | 9 | Dec 19, 2024 | 19 | Jan 21, 2025 | 28 |
| -1.63% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.34% | Oct 21, 2024 | 8 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 12 |
| -1.29% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.27% | Dec 10, 2021 | 6 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.22% | Jun 11, 2021 | 5 | Jun 18, 2021 | 4 | Jun 24, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.20% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.16% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 4 | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.15% | Jan 21, 2021 | 6 | Jan 29, 2021 | 4 | Feb 4, 2021 | 10 |
| -1.10% | Aug 16, 2021 | 3 | Aug 19, 2021 | 2 | Aug 23, 2021 | 5 |
| -1.04% | Dec 29, 2023 | 3 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 7 |
| -0.99% | May 21, 2024 | 6 | May 30, 2024 | 4 | Jun 5, 2024 | 10 |