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FMAY holdings

FMAY reports 9 holdings and behaves like 1.2 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 25 quarters of filings.

Measured concentration

as of 2026-05-31

This figure is not comparable with other funds

98.9% of net assets is derivative exposure, where position value and economic exposure are not the same quantity

The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.

9 Positions reported
1.2 Effective holdings
7.6× Concentration multiple
100% Top ten weight

Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 1.09% at a quoted market price (level 1), one issuer country.

What stands out

as of 2026-05-31

FMAY's largest investment is State Street Spdr S&P 500 ETF Trust at 96.57% of net assets. State Street Spdr S&P 500 ETF Trust and State Street Spdr S&P 500 ETF Trust follow; the three together are 103.21%.

Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable derivative funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.

Every filing since 2020

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PeriodHoldingsEffective Top 10Largest
2026-05-31 * 9 1.2 100% 91.92%
2026-02-28 * 10 1.3 100% 87.79%
2025-11-30 * 8 1.3 100% 88.68%
2025-08-31 * 9 1.3 100% 88.37%
2025-05-31 * 7 1.2 100% 91.55%
2025-02-28 * 7 1.3 100% 85.43%
2024-11-30 * 5 1.3 100% 88.75%
2024-08-31 * 5 1.3 100% 88.09%
Earlier filings (17 more, back to 2020-05-29)
PeriodHoldingsEffectiveTop 10Largest
2024-05-31 * 5 1.3 100% 88.47%
2024-02-29 * 6 2.5 100% 54.55%
2023-11-30 * 5 1.7 100% 70.51%
2023-08-31 * 5 1.5 100% 78.99%
2023-05-31 * 5 1.3 100% 86.14%
2023-02-28 * 6 2.4 100% 54.4%
2022-11-30 * 7 2.2 100% 60.58%
2022-08-31 * 5 2 100% 63.95%
2022-05-31 * 5 2 100% 64.58%
2022-02-28 * 7 2.6 100% 53.15%
2021-11-30 * 7 2.7 100% 51.47%
2021-08-31 * 7 2.7 100% 54.44%
2021-05-28 * 7 1.8 100% 72.56%
2021-02-26 * 7 2.6 100% 46.55%
2020-11-30 * 9 2.8 100% 42.03%
2020-08-31 * 7 2.2 100% 62.62%
2020-05-29 * 5 1.8 100% 72.18%

One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.

Largest positions, as filed

as of 2026-05-31

The 2 largest of 9 positions in FMAY's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Lines the filer classes as derivatives are included at their filed value, which is not their exposure; a swap or option line may carry a counterparty's name. The exposure itself is in the section on counterparties below. Every position, every quarter: FMAY.csv.gz.

#PositionWeightCumulative
1CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.98.91%98.9%
2DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS1.09%100.0%

Returns the fund reported

2020-05 – 2026-05

Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of FMAY's own filings, 73 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.

16.4%Last twelve months filed
86%Whole series, compounded
6.6%Best month
-6.5%Worst month

Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: FMAY.json · all funds.

Since the previous filing

2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31

2 positions became 2: 0 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 0 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 0.7%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of FMAY compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.

Largest increases2026-02-282026-05-31Largest decreases2026-02-282026-05-31
DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS0.43%1.09% CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.99.57%98.91%

Asset categories and pricing

as of 2026-05-31

98.91% derivative, 1.09% short-term investment as filed; 1.1% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.

Derivative exposure and counterparties

as of 2026-05-31

A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $1.22B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.

0%Stocks held directly
0%Swap notional (0)
0%Futures notional (0)
0%Sum, % of net assets

16 option positions filed, 8 of them written. The book as filed:

TypeSideStrikeExpiryUnderlying
PutWritten665.252027-05-21as filed, not named
CallWritten865.492027-05-21as filed, not named
CallWritten865.492027-05-21as filed, not named
CallWritten865.492027-05-21as filed, not named
CallPurchased7.392027-05-21as filed, not named
CallPurchased7.392027-05-21as filed, not named
CallPurchased7.392027-05-21as filed, not named
CallPurchased7.392027-05-21as filed, not named
PutWritten665.252027-05-21as filed, not named
PutWritten665.252027-05-21as filed, not named
PutWritten665.252027-05-21as filed, not named
PutPurchased739.172027-05-21as filed, not named
PutPurchased739.172027-05-21as filed, not named
PutPurchased739.172027-05-21as filed, not named
PutPurchased739.172027-05-21as filed, not named
CallWritten865.492027-05-21as filed, not named

Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).

Neighbours by effective holdings, derivative funds

10

Every measured derivative fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of FMAY (1.2). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.

FundReportsBehaves likeTop tenAs of
CRDU Tradr 2X Long CRDO Daily ETF 2 1 * 100% 2026-06-30
OCTW AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer20 Oct ETF 2 1 * 100% 2026-07-31
LITX Tradr 2x Long LITE Daily ETF 2 1.1 * 100% 2026-07-31
BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF 2 1.2 * 100% 2026-06-30
QMAR FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - March 9 1.2 * 100% 2026-05-31
FDEC FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December 9 1.3 * 100% 2026-05-31
FFEB FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - February 11 1.3 * 99.98% 2026-05-31
FSEP FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - September 9 1.3 * 100% 2026-05-31
FJUL FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - July 8 1.3 * 100% 2026-05-31
FAPR FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - April 11 1.3 * 99.97% 2026-05-31

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