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Monthly buffer ETFs: protection bought every month

As of Oct 9, 2026, ETFIQ covers 2 monthly buffer ETFs, each placed by its own summary prospectus, which states its protection over each monthly period. Funds whose protection is bought again every month: the fund rolls one-month options rather than holding one outcome period, so a buyer on any day is at most a month from fresh terms.

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Monthly buffer ETFs: protection bought every month, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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TickerFundIssuerIndexLoss offset each monthShare of further lossCapReturn since listingFirst tradedNet assets
QQQBVistaShares Shield Nasdaq 100 Enhanced Protection ETFVistaSharesQQQ8.0%50.0%none+0.3%Sep 22, 2026not read by ETFIQ
VOOBVistaShares Shield S&P 500 Enhanced Protection ETFVistaSharesSPY8.0%50.0%none+0.3%Sep 22, 2026not read by ETFIQ
2 funds, sorted by the order on the page.

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What is a monthly buffer ETF?
Funds whose protection is bought again every month: the fund rolls one-month options rather than holding one outcome period, so a buyer on any day is at most a month from fresh terms.
How is a monthly buffer ETF different from an annual one?
An annual fund sets its cap and buffer once a year and holds them; a monthly fund buys new protection each month, so its terms can change every month and there is no period to wait out.
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Every buffer ETFCompare two buffer fundsThe vocabularyAnnual buffer ETFs
Where these figures came from
Innovator, AllianzIM and FT Vest publish each fund’s current outcome-period values dailySEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filingsSEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holdsRule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say

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ETFIQ, Monthly buffer ETFs: protection bought every month, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/buffer/monthly

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