FT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF (BGLD)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
17.58 USD
+0.14
(0.802%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 17.49 -0.09 (-0.090%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:18 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:54 a.m. EDT
BGLD is a specialized quarterly buffered gold ETF that offers a high distribution yield but suffers from extreme valuation risk. The recent price action shows stabilization, but the massive dividend payout relative to recent price suggests significant NAV erosion or unsustainable returns, making it a poor long-term hold despite the attractive headline yield. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.039363 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.051644 |
| AutoETS | 0.054307 |
| MSTL | 0.057584 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 115.25 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.098 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.06 |
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44.11% | 44.11% | 32.76% | — |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | 7.583 | 44.112855 |
| 2024-12-02 | 4.596 | 35.479225 |
| 2023-12-01 | 1.974 | 18.693417 |
| 2022-12-01 | 0.074 | 0.800060 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 25.34 |
| All Time Low | 16.44 |
| Ask | 18.55 |
| Ask Size | 1,400 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 19,160 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 38,469 |
| Average Volume | 38,469 |
| Average Volume10Days | 19,160 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.08 |
| Bid | 16.54 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 17.63 |
| Day Low | 17.545 |
| Dividend Yield | 44.12 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 17.71002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.13002014 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0073416145 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -17.036337 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 25.34 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.76 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3062352 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 16.44 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.1399994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.06934302 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 16.44 - 25.34 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,611,239,400,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.12609491 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fund Family | First Trust |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,611,100,800 |
| 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 U.S. Treasury securities, cash and cash equivalents, and in the shares of a wholly-owned subsidiary that holds FLexible EXchange ® Options that reference the price performance of the SPDR ® Gold Trust. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | FT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_690527455 |
| Nav Price | 17.54 |
| Net Assets | 51,557,152.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.91 |
| Open | 17.57 |
| Phone | 630-241-4141 |
| Post Market Change | -0.09000015 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.51194626 |
| Post Market Price | 17.49 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,281 |
| Previous Close | 17.4402 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.139799 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.801591 |
| Regular Market Day High | 17.63 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 17.545 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 17.545 - 17.63 |
| Regular Market Open | 17.57 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 17.4402 |
| Regular Market Price | 17.58 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 16,555 |
| Short Name | FT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | BGLD |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.2113211 |
| Total Assets | 51,557,152 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 0.58514 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 0.58514 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 21.162556 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.5825558 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.16928749 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 16,555 |
| Yield | 0.4412 |
| Ytd Return | 0.58514 |