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FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF (BUFG)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
29.39 USD -0.12 (-0.417%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 3:41 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:31 a.m. EDT

The instrument exhibits a distinct short-term bullish bias driven by strong relative strength against its moving averages and a high-confidence statistical forecast pointing to modest upside over the next month. Price action shows a steady climb from the 52-week low, currently trading near the yearly high, which suggests accumulating momentum. However, the long-term picture is mixed; while the underlying business has delivered a robust 43% gain over the last three years with consistent annual growth, the lack of any dividend history and the elevated valuation multiple suggest the market has already priced in significant future performance. This creates a tension where the asset is a compelling momentum play for the near term but lacks the income characteristics or deep value cushion typical of top-tier long-term holds.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.009226
AutoTheta0.012863
MSTL0.015360
AutoETS0.017728

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 71%
H-stat 0.50
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.790
Excess Kurtosis -0.14
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.81

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 29.56
All Time Low 16.55
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 34,880
Average Daily Volume3 Month 37,724
Average Volume 37,724
Average Volume10Days 34,880
Beta3 Year 0.64
Bid 28.1
Bid Size 300
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 29.45
Day Low 29.3865
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.0959009
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 29.10838
Fifty Day Average Change 0.27812004
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0095546385
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 14.524555
Fifty Two Week High 29.56
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.17350006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0058694202
Fifty Two Week Low 25.62
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.7664986
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.14701399
Fifty Two Week Range 25.62 - 29.56
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,635,341,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,635,206,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of ETFs that seek to provide investors with returns (before fees and expenses) based on the price return of the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (“SPY”), up to a predetermined cap, while providing a defined buffer against losses of SPY over a defined one-year period. The investment objective of SPY is to seek to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500® Index.
Long Name FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1684699023
Nav Price 29.51
Net Assets 326,794,848.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.13
Open 29.4
Previous Close 29.5097
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.123201
Regular Market Change Percent -0.417495
Regular Market Day High 29.45
Regular Market Day Low 29.3865
Regular Market Day Range 29.3865 - 29.45
Regular Market Open 29.4
Regular Market Previous Close 29.5097
Regular Market Price 29.3865
Regular Market Time 1,783,971,677
Regular Market Volume 16,672
Short Name FT Vest Buffered Allocation Gro
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFG
Three Year Average Return 0.12790531
Total Assets 326,794,848
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.814924
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 9.12137
Trailing Three Month Returns 9.12137
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 27.83507
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.5514297
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.055736516
Type Disp ETF
Volume 16,672
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 6.38838