Performance analysis of XSEP (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY ENHANCE & MODERATE BUFFER ETF - SEPTEMBER)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, XSEP has had an average annual return of +9.82%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Since Sep 22, 2022, XSEP has had an average annual return of +11.01%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.66% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.36% | +8.93% | +8.41% | +16.07% | +2.83% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.55% | +0.00706% | -1.72% | +4.10% | +1.46% | -0.01% | +4.36% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.31% | -0.08% | -1.83% | -0.36% | +3.35% | +1.99% | +0.94% | +0.95% | +0.51% | +0.52% | +0.57% | +0.80% | +8.93% |
| 2024 | +0.84% | +1.55% | +0.81% | -0.12% | +1.27% | +0.65% | +0.55% | +0.56% | +0.61% | -0.33% | +2.23% | -0.48% | +8.41% |
| 2023 | +3.71% | -0.87% | +1.99% | +1.28% | +0.86% | +2.36% | +0.67% | +0.64% | -1.30% | -0.79% | +4.74% | +1.87% | +16.07% |
| 2022 | -2.19% | +3.57% | +3.12% | -1.56% | +2.83% |
Drawdown analysis of XSEP (FT VEST U.S. EQUITY ENHANCE & MODERATE BUFFER ETF - SEPTEMBER)
The maximum drawdown for the XSEP was -9.21%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 27 trading sessions.
The current XSEP drawdown is -0.03%.
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -9.21% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 27 | May 16, 2025 | 61 |
| -3.51% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 30 |
| -3.48% | Sep 15, 2023 | 30 | Oct 27, 2023 | 7 | Nov 7, 2023 | 37 |
| -3.05% | Oct 4, 2022 | 8 | Oct 14, 2022 | 7 | Oct 25, 2022 | 15 |
| -2.91% | Feb 2, 2023 | 26 | Mar 13, 2023 | 14 | Mar 31, 2023 | 40 |
| -2.74% | Dec 2, 2022 | 17 | Dec 28, 2022 | 9 | Jan 11, 2023 | 26 |
| -2.19% | Sep 22, 2022 | 6 | Sep 30, 2022 | 2 | Oct 4, 2022 | 8 |
| -2.04% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 23 |
| -1.90% | Oct 28, 2022 | 4 | Nov 3, 2022 | 5 | Nov 10, 2022 | 9 |
| -1.43% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 5 | Aug 12, 2024 | 8 |
| -1.22% | Dec 6, 2024 | 9 | Dec 19, 2024 | 18 | Jan 17, 2025 | 27 |
| -1.18% | Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.08% | May 1, 2023 | 3 | May 4, 2023 | 7 | May 15, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.08% | May 16, 2025 | 5 | May 23, 2025 | 5 | Jun 2, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.96% | Feb 2, 2026 | 3 | Feb 5, 2026 | 2 | Feb 9, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.96% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -0.94% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 5 | Jan 27, 2026 | 10 |
| -0.87% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -0.85% | Jan 13, 2023 | 3 | Jan 19, 2023 | 2 | Jan 23, 2023 | 5 |
| -0.84% | Apr 18, 2023 | 6 | Apr 26, 2023 | 2 | Apr 28, 2023 | 8 |
| -0.83% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 6 | Apr 29, 2024 | 21 |
| -0.80% | May 19, 2023 | 3 | May 24, 2023 | 2 | May 26, 2023 | 5 |
| -0.80% | Nov 23, 2022 | 2 | Nov 28, 2022 | 2 | Nov 30, 2022 | 4 |
| -0.70% | Feb 9, 2026 | 3 | Feb 12, 2026 | 8 | Feb 25, 2026 | 11 |
| -0.67% | Sep 30, 2024 | 5 | Oct 7, 2024 | 3 | Oct 10, 2024 | 8 |