QBKF AllianzIM U.S. Small Cap Buffer15 ETF - Jan
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Since Oct 1, 2026, QBKF returned 0.6%, against IWM's 1.2% price return. It can gain 2.7% more before its cap.
Promise check: DeliveredOver its outcome period to Sep 30, 2026, QBKF returned −0.1% against the −0.2% its buffer promised after its fee, as IWM moved −7.5%.
QBKF risk and return scorecard
vs IWM · Apr 2026 to Oct 2026 · 28 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
28 weekly returns: annualized numbers and ratios need 52.
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 Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026More on QBKF
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price since launch, Apr 1, 2026
$26.16+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 | IWM price return | Gap to IWM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +0.6% | +0.5% | +0.1 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +0.8% | −2.5% | +3.3 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +1.9% | +3.4% | −1.5 pts |
| Since launch Apr 1 – Oct 28, 2026 | +4.2% | +12.7% | −8.5 pts |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. IWM's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Listed Apr 2026: no year to date, 1 year and 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
QBKF: reference +1.2% since period start, fund +0.6%; buffer 0 to −15; cap +3.5%; Between buffer and cap. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
How much of a bear-market fall the buffer would absorb from today's level, ranked against 292 buffer ETFs on stocks with a live outcome period. 100 is best. How it is computed
QBKF absorbs 75% of the next 20% fall in what it tracks. It has 2.3% of upside left in index terms, 65% of the cap it started with.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jul 31, 2026QBKF: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, net $651k came in, by its SEC filing.
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions QBKF 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 QBKF, back to Feb 2026, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare QBKF with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outFeb 2026 to Jul 2026
QBKF, money in and money out each month from Feb 2026 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from QBKF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 6 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from QBKF’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 6 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 0.
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.
QBKF key stats
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
If the market falls into a bear market from here, how much does the buffer absorb?
That is the share of the 292 buffer ETFs on stocks with a live outcome period sitting at or below QBKF.
Today's position against one 20% fall; it ignores smaller falls, and stock buffers are never ranked against bond or commodity ones. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
About QBKF
How we measure
12 seats on QBKF, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Supports, 2 Challenges, 6 Not enough data, 2 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about QBKF
- How much can QBKF still gain?
- About 2.7% from its price on Oct 28, 2026, before it reaches its cap, by the issuer's published number. The cap for the period was set at +3.5%.
- How far can QBKF fall before the buffer helps?
- 0.8% in fund-price terms on Oct 28, 2026, by the issuer's number. In index terms IWM can fall 1.2% from that level before the buffer begins. Losses until that point are the holder's.
- How much of the QBKF buffer is left?
- 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer sat below the IWM level on Oct 28, 2026. That is an ETFIQ calculation in index points, on one definition for every issuer.
- When does QBKF reset?
- The outcome period ends on Dec 31, 2026, 64 days from the data on Oct 28, 2026. A new cap is set the next day and the buffer starts again.
- What does QBKF cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.74% a year.
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