CPNQ Calamos Nasdaq-100 Structured Alt Protection ETF - December
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Since Dec 1, 2025, CPNQ returned 5.8%, against QQQ's 17.6% price return. It is at its cap.
Promise check: Not measuredNo outcome period of its has finished in ETFIQ's record (snapshots from Sep 4, 2026).
CPNQ risk and return scorecard
vs QQQ · Dec 2024 to Oct 2026 · 97 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Jul 31, 2026What you earned
Where does it stand in this outcome period?
Outcome period Dec 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2026More on CPNQ
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price, 1 year
$27.99+0.1%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Price only. No distribution was paid over these days, so total return is the same. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Window | Total return | QQQ price return | Gap to QQQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +0.5% | −1.5% | +2.0 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +3.0% | +9.7% | −6.7 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +3.6% | +9.7% | −6.1 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +5.4% | +18.1% | −12.7 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +6.3% | +14.6% | −8.3 pts |
| Since launch Dec 2, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +13.9% | +40.8% | −26.9 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Dec 2, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +7.1% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. QQQ's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Listed Dec 2024: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
CPNQ: reference +17.6% since period start, fund +5.8%; buffer Floor; cap +7.1%; At its cap. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jul 31, 2026CPNQ: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, nothing net moved, by its SEC filing.
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions CPNQ files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jul 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for CPNQ, back to Dec 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare CPNQ with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outDec 2024 to Jul 2026
CPNQ, money in and money out each month from Dec 2024 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from CPNQ’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 20 months listed, money came in on net in 7 and went out in 7.
Every bar is from CPNQ’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 20 months listed, money came in on net in 7 and went out in 7.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jul 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
CPNQ key stats
Trading
as of Oct 14, 2025
About CPNQ
How we measure
12 seats on CPNQ, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Challenges, 7 Not enough data, 3 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about CPNQ
- How much can CPNQ still gain?
- Nothing more in index terms on Oct 28, 2026. QQQ has already passed the cap of +7.1% for this period, which runs from Dec 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2026.
- How far can CPNQ fall before the buffer helps?
- 6.0% in fund-price terms on Oct 28, 2026, by the issuer's number. In index terms QQQ can fall 14.9% from that level before the buffer begins. Losses until that point are the holder's.
- How much of the CPNQ buffer is left?
- 100.0% of the 100.0% buffer sat below the QQQ level on Oct 28, 2026. That is an ETFIQ calculation in index points, on one definition for every issuer.
- When does CPNQ reset?
- The outcome period ends on Nov 30, 2026, 33 days from the data on Oct 28, 2026. A new cap is set the next day and the buffer starts again.
- What does CPNQ cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.69% a year.
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