QCOC - FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - October
QCOC uses flex options in an effort to moderate losses on the Invesco QQQ Trust over a one-year period, starting each October. The fund foregoes some upside return on QQQs price performance in exchange for preventing the realization of the first 15% losses. Should QQQs share price decline by more than 15%, investors participate in the downside performance on a $1 for $1 basis.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $64.0M
- Beta
- 0.49
- 52-Week Range
- 21.61-24.65
- IPO Date
- Oct 21, 2024
- Exchange
- CBOE
QCOC Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for QCOC is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The QCOC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
QCOC fund facts: expense ratio 0.90%, assets under management $62.8M, NAV $24.62 as of the data source's update on Oct 8, 2026, 5 holdings in its latest file, launched Oct 18, 2024, issued by First Trust. See the QCOC holdings.
Frequently asked QCOC overview questions
- What is QCOC?
- QCOC is the ticker symbol for FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - October, an listed exchange-traded fund. QCOC uses flex options in an effort to moderate losses on the Invesco QQQ Trust over a one-year period, starting each October. The fund foregoes some upside return on QQQs price performance in exchange for preventing the realization of the first 15% losses. Listed on CBOE. QCOC is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are QCOC's key statistics?
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - October (QCOC) carries a market capitalization of $64.0M, 52-week range of 21.61-24.65. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does QCOC belong to?
- FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - October operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare QCOC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the QCOC data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for QCOC, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.