DAPR vs DJAN: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
As of Oct 13, 2026 DJAN can fall 12.6% before its buffer engages and DAPR 10.7%, and DJAN resets 91 days sooner. Net assets on Oct 13, 2026: $331m for FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - April and $455m for FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - January.
Both cost 0.85% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; DJAN is 1.4 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| DAPR | DJAN | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| Net assets | $331m | $455m |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.0% | +11.8% |
| What it tracks | SPY | SPY |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Index fall to the buffer | 13.3% | 15.5% |
DAPR: reference +9.6% since period start, fund +5.4%; buffer −5 to −30; cap +12.0%; Between buffer and cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
DAPR: reference +9.6% since period start, fund +5.4%; buffer −5 to −30; cap +12.0%; Between buffer and cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
DJAN: reference +12.5% since period start, fund +7.8%; buffer −5 to −30; cap +11.6%; At its cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
A percentile among the 292 buffer ETFs on stocks with a live outcome period. Today's position against one 20% fall; it ignores smaller falls, and stock buffers are never ranked against bond or commodity ones. All buffer ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →
DJAN is already at its cap, so more rise in the index adds nothing to it before the period ends.
They do not reset together. DJAN has 94 days of its period left and DAPR has 185, so the two are not the same bet on the same months.
Both are First Trust funds, so the difference between them is the terms rather than the house.
Where each one stands today
DJAN resets first, on Jan 15, 2027, 94 days from now; DAPR runs to Apr 16, 2027, 185 days. DAPR can still gain 5.5% before its cap, DJAN 2.8%. A fall from here reaches DAPR’s buffer after 10.7% and DJAN’s after 12.6%. Both track SPY, so what separates them is where each is in its own period.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Gap to the reference's price return | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | DAPR | DJAN | DAPR | DJAN |
| 3 months | +2.6% | +2.9% | −0.9 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 6 months | +5.4% | +7.0% | −6.7 pts | −5.0 pts |
| 1 year | +9.0% | +11.8% | −8.4 pts | −5.5 pts |
| 3 years | +37.9% | +44.1% | −42.4 pts | −36.2 pts |
| Since launch Not the same days: DAPR Apr 2021 · DJAN Jan 2021 | +40.2% | +55.8% | −47.1 pts | −49.6 pts |
Each fund's gap is to its reference's price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Source: ETFIQ. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About DAPR
From its price on Oct 13, 2026, the fund can gain about 5.5% more before it reaches its cap. The fund's price can fall 10.7% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 13.3% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 25.0% of the 25.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 185 days remained on Oct 13, 2026. On Apr 16, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
About DJAN
SPY had already risen past this fund's cap of +11.6% for the period on Oct 13, 2026, so in index terms there is no more upside to collect. The fund's own price can still drift up to about 2.8% as the period runs out. The fund's price can fall 12.6% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 15.5% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. 94 days remained on Oct 13, 2026. On Jan 15, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
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