CPSA Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF - August
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Since Aug 3, 2026, CPSA returned 1.3%, against SPY's 1.9% price return. It can fall 1.4% before its buffer.
Promise check: Not measuredNo outcome period of its has finished in ETFIQ's record (snapshots from Sep 4, 2026).
CPSA risk and return scorecard
vs SPY · Aug 2024 to Oct 2026 · 115 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 Aug 3, 2026 to Jul 30, 2027More on CPSA
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price, 1 year
$28.26+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 | SPY price return | Gap to SPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +0.6% | +0.9% | −0.3 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +1.4% | +5.9% | −4.5 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +3.1% | +8.5% | −5.4 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +4.9% | +13.3% | −8.4 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +5.5% | +12.4% | −6.9 pts |
| Since launch Aug 1, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +16.6% | +42.2% | −25.6 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Aug 1, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +7.1% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. SPY's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Listed Aug 2024: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
CPSA: reference +1.9% since period start, fund +1.3%; buffer Floor; cap +7.8%; Full floor. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jul 31, 2026CPSA: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, net $172 went out, 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 CPSA 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 CPSA, back to Aug 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare CPSA with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outAug 2024 to Jul 2026
CPSA, money in and money out each month from Aug 2024 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from CPSA’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 24 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 14.
Every bar is from CPSA’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 24 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 14.
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.
CPSA key stats
Trading
as of Oct 14, 2025
About CPSA
How we measure
12 seats on CPSA, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Challenges, 7 Not enough data, 3 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about CPSA
- How far can CPSA fall before the buffer helps?
- 1.4% in fund-price terms on Oct 28, 2026, by the issuer's number. In index terms SPY can fall 1.9% from that level before the buffer begins. Losses until that point are the holder's.
- How much of the CPSA buffer is left?
- 100.0% of the 100.0% buffer sat below the SPY level on Oct 28, 2026. That is an ETFIQ calculation in index points, on one definition for every issuer.
- When does CPSA reset?
- The outcome period ends on Jul 30, 2027, 275 days from the data on Oct 28, 2026. A new cap is set the next day and the buffer starts again.
- What does CPSA cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.69% a year.
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