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FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - August (AUGM)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
35.41 USD -0.03 (-0.099%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 3:45 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 35.41 -0.03 (-0.029%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed to cap downside risk while participating in upside, evidenced by its tight trading range near its 52-week highs and a statistically significant short-term forecast predicting a modest 0.47% gain over the next 45 days with very high confidence. However, the lack of any dividend history over the last five years confirms it is a pure equity-exposure vehicle rather than an income generator. While the price action suggests stability and the statistical model sees a slight upward drift, the absence of a multi-year track record prevents a strong long-term conviction, leaving it as a neutral hold suitable for tactical positioning rather than a core buy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.001851
MSTL0.002209
AutoETS0.002502
AutoARIMA0.002542

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 83%
H-stat 2.14
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.328
Excess Kurtosis -0.92
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 35.55
All Time Low 30.83
Ask 35.44
Ask Size 600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 47,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 9,106
Average Volume 9,106
Average Volume10Days 47,520
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 35.38
Bid Size 400
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 35.47
Day Low 35.41
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.348926
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 35.20626
Fifty Day Average Change 0.20373917
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0057870154
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 6.2725067
Fifty Two Week High 35.55
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.13999939
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0039380984
Fifty Two Week Low 33.24
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.1699982
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.06528273
Fifty Two Week Range 33.24 - 35.55
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,724,074,200,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.0349998
Fullday Change Percent -0.0987441
Fullday Price 35.41
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,723,766,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest substantially all of its assets in FLexible EXchange® Options that reference the price performance of the underlying ETF. The fund advisor uses FLEX Options to employ a “target outcome strategy.” Target outcome strategies seek to produce predetermined investment outcomes based upon the performance of an underlying security or index. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - August
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1884610804
Nav Price 35.47
Net Assets 31,724,826.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 35.55
Post Market Change -0.028999329
Post Market Change Percent -0.08182886
Post Market Price 35.41
Post Market Time 1,787,947,470
Previous Close 35.445
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0349998
Regular Market Change Percent -0.0987441
Regular Market Day High 35.47
Regular Market Day Low 35.41
Regular Market Day Range 35.41 - 35.47
Regular Market Open 35.55
Regular Market Previous Close 35.445
Regular Market Price 35.41
Regular Market Time 1,787,946,320
Regular Market Volume 36,953
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer
Source Interval 15
Symbol AUGM
Total Assets 31,724,826
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.250515
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.70225
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.70225
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 34.492554
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.91744614
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.026598383
Type Disp ETF
Volume 36,953
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 3.58507