Performance analysis of FOCT (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - OCTOBER)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FOCT has had an average annual return of +12.78%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FOCT has had an average annual return of +9.15%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Oct 19, 2020, FOCT has had an average annual return of +10.58%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +16.66% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.65% | +14.92% | +9.62% | +17.81% | -7.59% | +13.13% | +6.38% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.78% | -0.08% | -3.35% | +6.90% | +2.63% | -0.12% | +6.65% | ||||||
| 2025 | +2.11% | -0.87% | -3.82% | -0.41% | +4.52% | +3.63% | +1.52% | +1.72% | +2.77% | +2.21% | +0.36% | +0.52% | +14.92% |
| 2024 | +1.05% | +2.16% | +1.05% | -0.59% | +2% | +0.97% | +0.49% | +0.85% | +0.37% | -1.41% | +3.89% | -1.50% | +9.62% |
| 2023 | +5.21% | -1.90% | +2.87% | +1.32% | +0.50% | +5.74% | +2.41% | -0.88% | -4.64% | -1.94% | +5.92% | +2.50% | +17.81% |
| 2022 | -2.58% | -1.72% | +2.31% | -5.72% | +0.52% | -4.85% | +5.89% | -1.49% | -6.30% | +6.65% | +4.17% | -3.65% | -7.59% |
| 2021 | -0.97% | +1.71% | +3.13% | +1.67% | +0.87% | +1.02% | +0.45% | +0.74% | -0.13% | +2.06% | -0.75% | +2.71% | +13.13% |
| 2020 | -3.55% | +7.90% | +2.22% | +6.38% |
Drawdown analysis of FOCT (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY BUFFER ETF - OCTOBER)
The maximum drawdown for the FOCT was -14.06%, occurring on Oct 12, 2022. Recovery took 156 trading sessions.
The current FOCT drawdown is -0.23%.
Since Oct 19, 2020 FOCT has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -14.06% | Jan 3, 2022 | 195 | Oct 12, 2022 | 156 | May 26, 2023 | 351 |
| -13.05% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 86 |
| -8.54% | Jul 28, 2023 | 64 | Oct 27, 2023 | 33 | Dec 14, 2023 | 97 |
| -5.74% | Feb 2, 2026 | 39 | Mar 30, 2026 | 10 | Apr 14, 2026 | 49 |
| -4.39% | Oct 23, 2020 | 5 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 9 |
| -3.22% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 10 | Dec 5, 2025 | 28 |
| -2.62% | Nov 16, 2021 | 12 | Dec 3, 2021 | 5 | Dec 10, 2021 | 17 |
| -2.53% | Dec 11, 2024 | 19 | Jan 10, 2025 | 7 | Jan 22, 2025 | 26 |
| -2.52% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 7 | Aug 14, 2024 | 10 |
| -2.26% | Jan 25, 2021 | 2 | Jan 27, 2021 | 7 | Feb 5, 2021 | 9 |
| -2.02% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 5 | Mar 11, 2021 | 11 |
| -1.91% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 10 | May 26, 2021 | 13 |
| -1.89% | Dec 10, 2021 | 6 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.82% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.71% | Jul 25, 2025 | 5 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.69% | Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | Oct 10, 2025 | 5 | Oct 17, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.59% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 10 | May 3, 2024 | 25 |
| -1.59% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 4 | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.46% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 4 | Jan 26, 2026 | 9 |
| -1.41% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -1.30% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 7 | Nov 26, 2024 | 11 |
| -1.24% | Nov 16, 2020 | 2 | Nov 18, 2020 | 4 | Nov 24, 2020 | 6 |
| -1.12% | Jan 8, 2021 | 5 | Jan 15, 2021 | 2 | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 |
| -1.10% | Jul 3, 2023 | 3 | Jul 7, 2023 | 3 | Jul 12, 2023 | 6 |
| -1.02% | Jan 24, 2025 | 1 | Jan 27, 2025 | 13 | Feb 13, 2025 | 14 |