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OCTB Aptus October Buffer ETF

Aptus0.25% feeFirst traded Oct 14, 2025SEC filings ↗

From Oct 14, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026, OCTB returned 13.5%, against 16.1% for SPY.

15%
Buffer, by its prospectus
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Cap before fees, by its prospectus
+13.5%
Return since listing
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Price, 1 year

$28.33+0.1%1 day, priceClose, Oct 20, 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 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

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Points (pts) are percentage points.

OCTB returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnSPY price returnGap to SPY
1M +0.9%+1.0%0.0 pts
3M +3.6%+2.8%+0.9 pts
6M +8.1%+9.2%−1.1 pts
YTD +10.9%+12.8%−1.9 pts
1Y +12.5%+14.6%−2.0 pts
Since launch +13.5%+16.1%−2.6 pts
Since launch, annualised +13.3%––

Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. SPY's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Year to date runs from the last close of the year before. Annualised is the steady yearly rate that gives the since-launch total over the same days. Not shown: 3 years, which the fund has not been listed long enough to fill (listed Oct 2025); its since-launch row covers all of its record. Source: ETFIQ.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested. Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

OCTB key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 20, 2026 (ETFIQ)$28.55 on Oct 13, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 20, 2026 (ETFIQ)$24.63 on Mar 30, 2026
Close on Oct 20, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$28.33, 94% of the way from the low to the high
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

About OCTB

KindBuffer ETF
ReferenceSPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust)
Outcome period (prospectus)a period its prospectus says ended on Sep 29, 2026
Buffer (prospectus)the first 15% of losses in SPY
Cap (prospectus)not read by ETFIQ
Cap left, buffer left and days leftnot read by ETFIQ
First tradedOct 14, 2025
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Aug 26, 2026)0.25%Report
Prospectus497K filed Aug 28, 2026
How we measure
Terms from the fund’s own summary prospectus, with its filing date; returns from exchange closing prices. How these figures are computed

Questions people ask about OCTB

What does OCTB protect against?
Its prospectus says it buffers the first 15% of losses in SPY.
Does OCTB have a cap?
Its prospectus prints no cap for its current period.
When does OCTB reset?
Its prospectus states a period its prospectus says ended on Sep 29, 2026.
Sources and dates
Prices, OCTB and SPY price returnTiingo end-of-day · Oct 20, 2026
Fee, 0.25%Prospectus fee filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
SourceOCTB summary prospectus on SEC EDGAR ↗
IssuerAptus website ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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Buffer
The first slice of loss the fund absorbs for you over its outcome period, stated on the reference index. A 15% buffer means the index can fall 15% before you take any of it.
Cap
The most the fund can return over the period if held from the first day to the last. Quoted gross and net of fees. Set by the option market on day one, so the same fund can have a different cap each year.
Outcome period
The window, usually twelve months and sometimes six or three, over which the buffer and, where there is one, the cap apply. On its last day the options expire, the fund resets, and fresh terms are struck from that day’s option prices.
Reset
The day one outcome period ends and the next begins, with a fresh buffer and fresh terms struck at that day’s level.
Protection left
How much of the buffer still sits below today’s index level. All of it when the index is above its starting level; less once the index is inside the buffer range.
Full definitions: buffer ETFs vocabulary page. →
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