CPSM vs JUNC: which one stands where?
As of Oct 1, 2026 CPSM can fall 2.1% before its buffer engages and JUNC 0.5%, and CPSM resets 31 days sooner. Calamos S&P 500 ® Structured Alt Protection ETF - May and Corgi U.S. Equities 10% Structured Buffer ETF.
CPSM: reference +5.8% since period start, fund +1.9%; buffer −0 to floor; cap +6.5%; Full floor.
JUNC: reference +0.5% since period start, fund +1.6%; buffer 0 to −10; cap +18.1%; Between buffer and cap.
These are two different products. CPSM is a floor fund, which caps how far a holder can fall. JUNC is a buffer fund, which absorbs the first part of a fall and leaves everything below it with the holder.
They do not reset together. CPSM has 212 days of its period left and JUNC has 243, so the two are not the same bet on the same months.
Where each one stands today
CPSM resets first, on May 1, 2027, 212 days from now; JUNC runs to May 31, 2027, 243 days. A fall from here reaches CPSM’s buffer after 2.1% and JUNC’s after 0.5%. Both track SPY, so what separates them is where each is in its own period.
Every figure is ETFIQ’s own, from the issuer’s published outcome-period terms. A buffer ETF holds FLEX options on its reference index rather than shares, so there is no holdings overlap between two of them to report.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Gap to the reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | CPSM | JUNC | CPSM | JUNC |
| 3 months | +1.2% | +2.1% | −1.4 pts | −0.4 pts |
| 6 months | +2.4% | not published | −14.6 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +4.6% | not published | −11.1 pts | not published |
CPSM and JUNC over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
CPSM and JUNC on the same fields, as of Oct 1, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CPSM in plain words
The fund's price can fall 2.1% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 5.7% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 99.8% of the 99.8% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 212 days remained on Oct 1, 2026. On May 1, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
JUNC in plain words
The fund's price can fall 0.5% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 0.5% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 10.0% of the 10.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 243 days remained on Oct 1, 2026. On May 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
Questions people ask
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