Performance analysis of RSSE (FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF September)
Annual Return
Since Sep 23, 2024, RSSE has had an average annual return of +8.35%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.80% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.73% | +7.83% | -0.50% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +1.87% | +1.89% | -3.13% | +3.87% | +1.85% | +0.33% | +6.73% | ||||||
| 2025 | +2.26% | -0.36% | -1.94% | -1.52% | +2.60% | +2.23% | +0.50% | +2.08% | +0.64% | -0.59% | +1.31% | +0.49% | +7.83% |
| 2024 | +0.49% | -0.95% | +3.69% | -3.59% | -0.50% |
Drawdown analysis of RSSE (FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF September)
The maximum drawdown for the RSSE was -11.37%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 57 trading sessions.
Since Sep 23, 2024 RSSE has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 1 time
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -11.37% | Dec 2, 2024 | 86 | Apr 8, 2025 | 57 | Jul 1, 2025 | 143 |
| -4.39% | Mar 2, 2026 | 20 | Mar 30, 2026 | 13 | Apr 17, 2026 | 33 |
| -3.50% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 13 | Dec 10, 2025 | 31 |
| -2.64% | Jul 25, 2025 | 5 | Aug 1, 2025 | 15 | Aug 22, 2025 | 20 |
| -1.97% | Oct 3, 2025 | 5 | Oct 10, 2025 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | 12 |
| -1.78% | Oct 18, 2024 | 10 | Nov 1, 2024 | 3 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.49% | Jul 10, 2025 | 1 | Jul 11, 2025 | 7 | Jul 22, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.41% | Sep 11, 2025 | 10 | Sep 25, 2025 | 6 | Oct 3, 2025 | 16 |
| -1.39% | Aug 22, 2025 | 7 | Sep 3, 2025 | 6 | Sep 11, 2025 | 13 |
| -1.18% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 5 | Nov 22, 2024 | 9 |
| -0.96% | May 6, 2026 | 7 | May 15, 2026 | 5 | May 22, 2026 | 12 |
| -0.94% | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 | Jan 20, 2026 | 1 | Jan 21, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.88% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -0.87% | Sep 27, 2024 | 6 | Oct 7, 2024 | 4 | Oct 11, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.81% | Apr 20, 2026 | 7 | Apr 29, 2026 | 1 | Apr 30, 2026 | 8 |
| -0.77% | Jan 6, 2026 | 1 | Jan 7, 2026 | 2 | Jan 9, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.73% | Jul 3, 2025 | 1 | Jul 7, 2025 | 3 | Jul 10, 2025 | 4 |
| -0.69% | Dec 24, 2025 | 4 | Dec 31, 2025 | 2 | Jan 5, 2026 | 6 |
| -0.63% | Feb 4, 2026 | 1 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 | Feb 6, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.61% | Jan 22, 2026 | 6 | Jan 30, 2026 | 3 | Feb 4, 2026 | 9 |
| -0.59% | Feb 11, 2026 | 1 | Feb 12, 2026 | 3 | Feb 18, 2026 | 4 |
| -0.56% | Feb 18, 2026 | 3 | Feb 23, 2026 | 2 | Feb 25, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.48% | Sep 24, 2024 | 1 | Sep 25, 2024 | 1 | Sep 26, 2024 | 2 |
| -0.47% | Apr 30, 2026 | 2 | May 4, 2026 | 1 | May 5, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.41% | Oct 21, 2025 | 1 | Oct 22, 2025 | 1 | Oct 23, 2025 | 2 |