PGIM S&P 500 Buffer 12 ETF - October, a series of PGIM Rock ETF Trust and managed by PGIM Investments LLC and PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC, is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide investors with returns that track the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust up to a predetermined upside cap while buffering the first 12% of losses, before fees and expenses, over a one-year target outcome period. The fund, ticker OCTP, is listed on Cboe BZX Exchange and uses FLEX options in its strategy; it carries a 0.50% management fee and is structured as a September 30, 2026 target outcome cycle with a current upside cap of 13.41% for the October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 period.
The fund was launched on May 16, 2024 and is based in Newark, New Jersey, at PGIM Investments LLC’s address of 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102. It is designed for investors seeking buffered exposure to large-cap U.S. equities through a rules-based outcome-oriented structure tied to SPY, with annual target outcome periods that reset each October.
Recent major changes include the fund’s name change on February 21, 2025 from PGIM US Large-Cap Buffer 12 ETF - October to PGIM S&P 500 Buffer 12 ETF - October, as well as ongoing annual reset updates to the target outcome period and upside cap. As of mid-September 2026, the fund reports approximately $30.1 million in net assets and continues to trade actively on Cboe.