DQSE FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - September
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Since Sep 21, 2026, DQSE lost 1.6%, against QQQ's −4.1% price return. 5.9% of its 10.0% buffer is left.
Promise check: Not measuredNo outcome period of its has finished in ETFIQ's record (snapshots from Sep 4, 2026).
DQSE risk and return scorecard
vs QQQ
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 · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
Where does it stand in this outcome period?
Outcome period Sep 21, 2026 to Sep 17, 2027More on DQSE
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price since launch, Sep 21, 2026
$29.82+0.7%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 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 Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Window | Total return | QQQ price return | Gap to QQQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −3.9% | −8.5% | +4.6 pts |
| Since launch Sep 21 – Nov 4, 2026 | −3.2% | −6.7% | +3.5 pts |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. QQQ's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Listed Sep 2026: no 3 months, 6 months, year to date, 1 year and 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
DQSE: reference −4.1% since period start, fund −1.6%; buffer 0 to −10; cap +18.8%; Buffer working. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026DQSE: in the 22 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $15.6m came in.
Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
DQSE, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 44 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 44 days missing.
DQSE, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 230 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 230 days missing.
DQSE, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 379 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 1 day, out on 0. 379 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from First Trust’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for DQSE, back to Oct 2026, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare DQSE with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months21 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year5 weeks
Net flow into DQSE each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outOct 2026 to Nov 2026
DQSE, money in and money out each month from Oct 2026 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is ETFIQ’s sum of its days. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 2 months listed, money came in on net in 1 and went out in 0.
Every bar is ETFIQ’s sum of its days. Of the 2 months listed, money came in on net in 1 and went out in 0.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
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 daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
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12 seats on DQSE, as of Nov 4, 2026: 2 Challenges, 8 Not enough data, 2 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about DQSE
- How much can DQSE still gain?
- About 19.8% from its price on Nov 4, 2026, before it reaches its cap, by the issuer's published number. The cap for the period was set at +18.8%.
- How far can DQSE fall before the buffer helps?
- 0.0% in fund-price terms on Nov 4, 2026, by the issuer's number. In index terms QQQ can fall 0.0% from that level before the buffer begins. Losses until that point are the holder's.
- How much of the DQSE buffer is left?
- 5.9% of the 10.0% buffer sat below the QQQ level on Nov 4, 2026. That is an ETFIQ calculation in index points, on one definition for every issuer.
- When does DQSE reset?
- The outcome period ends on Sep 17, 2027, 317 days from the data on Nov 4, 2026. A new cap is set the next day and the buffer starts again.
- What does DQSE cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.90% a year.
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