YMAR FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March
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Since Mar 23, 2026, YMAR returned 7.9%, against EFA's 10.8% price return. It can gain 6.5% more before its cap.
Promise check: Not measuredNo outcome period of its has finished in ETFIQ's record (snapshots from Sep 4, 2026).
YMAR risk and return scorecard
vs EFA · Apr 2021 to Oct 2026 · 290 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 Mar 23, 2026 to Mar 19, 2027More on YMAR
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price, 1 year
$29.04+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 | EFA price return | Gap to EFA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | −0.4% | −1.3% | +0.9 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +1.0% | +0.3% | +0.7 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +4.1% | +3.8% | +0.3 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +7.5% | +8.0% | −0.5 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +9.4% | +8.4% | +1.0 pts |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +47.8% | +57.5% | −9.7 pts |
| 5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +37.8% | +28.8% | +9.0 pts |
| Since launch Mar 22, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +44.4% | +35.5% | +8.9 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Mar 22, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +6.8% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. EFA's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
YMAR: reference +10.8% since period start, fund +7.9%; buffer 0 to −15; cap +15.8%; 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
YMAR absorbs 59% of the next 20% fall in what it tracks. It has 4.5% of upside left in index terms, 29% of the cap it started with.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Oct 27, 2026YMAR: in the 17 trading days to Oct 27, 2026, net $1.4m went out.
Oct 27, 2026
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
Jun 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Jun 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
YMAR, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 2 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 1 day, out on 2. 49 days missing.
YMAR, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 2 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 1 day, out on 2. 235 days missing.
YMAR, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 2 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 1 day, out on 2. 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 YMAR, back to Mar 2021, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare YMAR 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 YMAR 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 outJul 2023 to Oct 2026
YMAR, money in and money out each month from Jul 2023 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from YMAR’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 36 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 17.
Every bar is from YMAR’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 17.
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.
YMAR 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 YMAR.
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.
Also against EFA.
About YMAR
How we measure
12 seats on YMAR, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 2 Challenges, 7 Not enough data, 2 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about YMAR
- How much can YMAR still gain?
- About 6.5% 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 +15.8%.
- How far can YMAR fall before the buffer helps?
- 8.1% in fund-price terms on Oct 28, 2026, by the issuer's number. In index terms EFA can fall 9.7% from that level before the buffer begins. Losses until that point are the holder's.
- How much of the YMAR buffer is left?
- 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer sat below the EFA level on Oct 28, 2026. That is an ETFIQ calculation in index points, on one definition for every issuer.
- When does YMAR reset?
- The outcome period ends on Mar 19, 2027, 142 days from the data on Oct 28, 2026. A new cap is set the next day and the buffer starts again.
- What does YMAR cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.90% a year.
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