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QQQB VistaShares Shield Nasdaq 100 Enhanced Protection ETF

VistaShares0.79% feeFirst traded Sep 22, 2026SEC filings ↗
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As of Oct 9, 2026, QQQB resets its protection every month and has returned +0.3% since it listed.

8.0%
First loss offset each month
50.0%
Share of further losses
none
Cap
+0.3%
Return since listing
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WindowTotal returnQQQ price returnGap to QQQ
Since launch +0.3%+0.5%−0.3 pts

QQQ's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Source: ETFIQ.

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In plain words

KindMonthly buffer ETF: one-month options, bought again each month
Reference indexQQQ (Nasdaq-100 Index)
Protection each month (prospectus)the first 8.0% of losses
Share of losses beyond it (prospectus)50.0%
Cap (prospectus)none: the fund does not employ a structural cap
Options period (prospectus)about one month
First tradedSep 22, 2026
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Sep 9, 2026)0.79%
Prospectus497K filed Sep 18, 2026
How this is computed
Terms from the fund’s own prospectus, with its filing date; returns from exchange closing prices. How these figures are computed

Questions people ask about QQQB

How often does QQQB reset?
Every month. QQQB's prospectus says it rebalances its options monthly as they approach expiry and does not reset at a fixed outcome period.
Does QQQB have a cap?
No. Its prospectus says it does not employ a structural cap; its upside is what the month's option premiums buy.
How much of a fall does QQQB absorb?
Its prospectus says it initially seeks to offset the first 8.0% of losses in each monthly period and take about 50.0% of any further loss, and that the level may change.
Sources and dates
Prices, QQQB and QQQ price returnTiingo end-of-day · Oct 9, 2026
Fee, 0.79%Prospectus fee filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
SourceQQQB summary prospectus on SEC EDGAR ↗
IssuerVistaShares website ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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ETFIQ, QQQB, buffer ETFs, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/qqqb

Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data.

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.
Every term used here, defined in full on the buffer ETFs vocabulary page. →