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FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF (BUFG)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
29.51 USD +0.02 (0.068%) ⇧ (July 15, 2026, 11:19 a.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 26.93

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 29.56
All Time Low 16.55
Ask 29.52
Ask Size 400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 33,860
Average Daily Volume3 Month 36,970
Average Volume 36,970
Average Volume10Days 33,860
Beta3 Year 0.64
Bid 29.46
Bid Size 200
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 29.52
Day Low 29.4941
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 29.12558
Fifty Day Average Change 0.3844204
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.01319872
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 14.479816
Fifty Two Week High 29.56
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.049999237
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0016914492
Fifty Two Week Low 25.62
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.8899994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.15183447
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 REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1684699023
Nav Price 29.47
Net Assets 326,794,848.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.13
Open 29.44
Previous Close 29.49
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.020000458
Regular Market Change Percent 0.067857735
Regular Market Day High 29.52
Regular Market Day Low 29.4941
Regular Market Day Range 29.4941 - 29.52
Regular Market Open 29.44
Regular Market Previous Close 29.49
Regular Market Price 29.51
Regular Market Time 1,784,128,745
Regular Market Volume 1,968
Short Name FT Vest Buffered Allocation Gro
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFG
Three Year Average Return 0.1302332
Total Assets 326,794,848
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.927618
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 9.12137
Trailing Three Month Returns 9.12137
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 27.84872
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.6612797
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.059653718
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,968
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 6.38838