QMAG FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - August
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Since Aug 24, 2026, QMAG returned 1.8%, against QQQ's 1.7% price return. It can gain 15.3% more before its cap.
Promise check: Not measuredNo outcome period of its has finished in ETFIQ's record (snapshots from Sep 4, 2026).
QMAG risk and return scorecard
vs QQQ · Aug 2024 to Oct 2026 · 112 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 · Oct 27, 2026What you earned
Where does it stand in this outcome period?
Outcome period Aug 24, 2026 to Aug 20, 2027More on QMAG
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price, 1 year
$26.17+0.3%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 | −0.1% | −1.5% | +1.4 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +4.3% | +9.7% | −5.4 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +6.3% | +9.7% | −3.4 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +10.6% | +18.1% | −7.5 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +10.9% | +14.6% | −3.7 pts |
| Since launch Aug 19, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +30.2% | +50.8% | −20.6 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Aug 19, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +12.8% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. QQQ'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.
QMAG: reference +1.7% since period start, fund +1.8%; buffer 0 to −15; cap +18.2%; 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
QMAG absorbs 75% of the next 20% fall in what it tracks. It has 16.2% of upside left in index terms, 89% of the cap it started with.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Oct 27, 2026QMAG: in the 17 trading days to Oct 27, 2026, net $6.6m came in.
Oct 27, 2026
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
Jun 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
QMAG, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 4 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 49 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 4 days, out on 0. 49 days missing.
QMAG, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 4 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 235 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 4 days, out on 0. 235 days missing.
QMAG, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 4 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 384 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 4 days, out on 0. 384 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 QMAG, back to Jun 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare QMAG with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months16 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year4 weeks
Net flow into QMAG each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outJun 2024 to Oct 2026
QMAG, money in and money out each month from Jun 2024 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from QMAG’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Oct 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 25 months listed, money came in on net in 10 and went out in 11.
Every bar is from QMAG’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 25 months listed, money came in on net in 10 and went out in 11.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. 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 Oct 27, 2026. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.
QMAG 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 QMAG.
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 QMAG
How we measure
12 seats on QMAG, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 2 Challenges, 7 Not enough data, 2 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about QMAG
- How much can QMAG still gain?
- About 15.3% 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 +18.2%.
- How far can QMAG fall before the buffer helps?
- 2.6% in fund-price terms on Oct 28, 2026, by the issuer's number. In index terms QQQ can fall 1.7% from that level before the buffer begins. Losses until that point are the holder's.
- How much of the QMAG buffer is left?
- 15.0% of the 15.0% 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 QMAG reset?
- The outcome period ends on Aug 20, 2027, 296 days from the data on Oct 28, 2026. A new cap is set the next day and the buffer starts again.
- What does QMAG cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.90% a year.
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