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FT Vest Laddered Max Buffer ETF (BUFH)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
21.64 USD +0.00 (0.023%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 3:55 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 21.64

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:26 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed to cap losses while participating in upside, evidenced by its tight trading range near the $21.60 level and proximity to its 52-week highs. However, the lack of any dividend history and the absence of multi-year price data prevent any assessment of income generation or long-term capital appreciation trends. The statistical forecast model indicates a very high-confidence, albeit tiny, upward drift over the next 45 days, suggesting the price may inch higher in the immediate term, but this signal reflects short-term noise rather than business quality. Without a track record of performance or income, the investment case relies entirely on the specific buffer mechanics of the fund and near-term market direction, offering no safety margin for a long-term holder.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.002145
AutoETS0.002440
AutoARIMA0.002449
AutoTheta0.005096

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 84%
H-stat 2.33
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.086
Excess Kurtosis 0.46
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.34

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 21.95
All Time Low 19.88
Ask 21.67
Ask Size 1,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,630
Average Daily Volume3 Month 14,142
Average Volume 14,142
Average Volume10Days 9,630
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 21.61
Bid Size 100
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 21.645
Day Low 21.64
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.821535
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 21.48912
Fifty Day Average Change 0.1508789
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0070211766
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 6.130457
Fifty Two Week High 21.95
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.31000137
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.014123069
Fifty Two Week Low 19.88
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.7600002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0885312
Fifty Two Week Range 19.88 - 21.95
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,750,858,200,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change 0.00499916
Fullday Change Percent 0.0231068
Fullday Price 21.64
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,750,723,200
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 providing investors with U.S. large-cap equity market exposure while fund manager attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of twelve FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETFs. Under normal market conditions, it will invest substantially all of its assets in the Underlying ETFs, which seek to provide investors with returns that match the price return of SPY, up to a predetermined upside cap, while providing the maximum available buffer against SPY losses, over a defined one-year period.
Long Name FT Vest Laddered Max Buffer ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1943656503
Nav Price 21.63
Net Assets 58,011,944.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.95
Open 21.66
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 21.64
Post Market Time 1,787,951,100
Previous Close 21.635
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.00499916
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0231068
Regular Market Day High 21.645
Regular Market Day Low 21.64
Regular Market Day Range 21.64 - 21.645
Regular Market Open 21.66
Regular Market Previous Close 21.635
Regular Market Price 21.64
Regular Market Time 1,787,946,907
Regular Market Volume 5,580
Short Name FT Vest Laddered Max Buffer ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFH
Total Assets 58,011,944
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.340935
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.41576
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.41576
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.1046
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.5353985
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.025368804
Type Disp ETF
Volume 5,580
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 3.21806