# What is a laddered buffer ETF?

> As of Nov 4, 2026, 30 buffer ETFs are laddered, which own several outcome periods at once, against 443 annual and 49 quarterly funds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

## What is a laddered buffer ETF?

Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Nov 4, 2026, 30 buffer ETFs are laddered, which own several outcome periods at once, against 443 annual and 49 quarterly funds.

### In plain words

A laddered buffer ETF owns several outcome periods with different start dates, so one resets every few weeks. A single buffer fund resets once a year, which can land at a bad moment.

ETFIQ finds 30 laddered funds, against 443 annual and 49 quarterly. A ladder spreads reset dates but blends the caps and buffers of its parts, so no single cap applies to the whole. The ladder builder lets you assemble your own from individual funds; its numbers are as of today and marked hypothetical.

### Questions

Why use a ladder? It spreads reset dates across the year instead of one.

Does a ladder have one cap? No. It blends the caps of its parts.

Can I build my own? Yes. The ladder builder combines funds and shows the blend.

### Where to next

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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