Performance analysis of OCTM (FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - October)
Annual Return
Since Oct 21, 2024, OCTM has had an average annual return of +6.29%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.04% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +2.76% | +7.03% | +0.33% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.42% | +0.07% | -0.87% | +2.24% | +0.88% | +0.00906% | +2.76% | ||||||
| 2025 | +0.92% | -0.09% | -1.31% | +0.25% | +1.65% | +1.58% | +0.77% | +0.85% | +0.76% | +0.82% | +0.20% | +0.45% | +7.03% |
| 2024 | -0.51% | +1.13% | -0.28% | +0.33% |
Drawdown analysis of OCTM (FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - October)
The maximum drawdown for the OCTM was -3.29%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 28 trading sessions.
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3.29% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 28 | May 19, 2025 | 62 |
| -1.64% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 30 |
| -1.17% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 13 | Dec 10, 2025 | 30 |
| -0.61% | May 19, 2025 | 4 | May 23, 2025 | 6 | Jun 3, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.59% | Dec 6, 2024 | 9 | Dec 19, 2024 | 18 | Jan 17, 2025 | 27 |
| -0.51% | Oct 21, 2024 | 8 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 12 |
| -0.47% | Feb 2, 2026 | 3 | Feb 5, 2026 | 2 | Feb 9, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.45% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 9 |
| -0.44% | Nov 13, 2024 | 2 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 8 |
| -0.43% | Jan 9, 2026 | 6 | Jan 20, 2026 | 4 | Jan 26, 2026 | 10 |
| -0.37% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 2 | Dec 19, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.37% | Feb 9, 2026 | 3 | Feb 12, 2026 | 8 | Feb 25, 2026 | 11 |
| -0.30% | Jun 12, 2025 | 1 | Jun 13, 2025 | 5 | Jun 23, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.30% | Jan 24, 2025 | 6 | Feb 3, 2025 | 8 | Feb 13, 2025 | 14 |
| -0.24% | Aug 14, 2025 | 5 | Aug 21, 2025 | 1 | Aug 22, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.23% | Aug 28, 2025 | 2 | Sep 2, 2025 | 2 | Sep 4, 2025 | 4 |
| -0.19% | Jul 3, 2025 | 2 | Jul 8, 2025 | 2 | Jul 10, 2025 | 4 |
| -0.18% | Apr 20, 2026 | 1 | Apr 21, 2026 | 1 | Apr 22, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.16% | Oct 21, 2025 | 1 | Oct 22, 2025 | 2 | Oct 24, 2025 | 3 |
| -0.16% | Dec 26, 2025 | 3 | Dec 31, 2025 | 2 | Jan 5, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.16% | Jun 4, 2025 | 1 | Jun 5, 2025 | 1 | Jun 6, 2025 | 2 |
| -0.15% | May 14, 2026 | 3 | May 19, 2026 | 2 | May 21, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.14% | May 6, 2026 | 1 | May 7, 2026 | 5 | May 14, 2026 | 6 |
| -0.12% | Jul 10, 2025 | 3 | Jul 15, 2025 | 2 | Jul 17, 2025 | 5 |
| -0.10% | Jan 27, 2026 | 2 | Jan 29, 2026 | 2 | Feb 2, 2026 | 4 |