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AB Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFM)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
40.61 USD -0.11 (-0.282%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 2:58 a.m. EDT

The moderate buffer strategy offers a compelling short-term tactical play, evidenced by a tight statistical forecast predicting a 1.55% move over the next 45 days with high confidence. This suggests the asset is currently in a consolidation phase where volatility is being compressed, making it suitable for a momentum entry rather than a deep value hold. However, the long-term outlook remains neutral due to the complete absence of multi-year price history; without a track record to validate the buffer's performance during market stress, the investment thesis relies entirely on the current structural setup rather than proven historical resilience. Furthermore, the lack of any dividend distribution eliminates it as a candidate for income-focused portfolios, leaving it purely as a speculative vehicle for capital appreciation based on the underlying index's performance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.014705
AutoTheta0.016967
MSTL_790.016973
MSTL0.021952
AutoETS0.022611

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 70%
H-stat 2.65
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.262
Excess Kurtosis -0.82
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.85

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 40.76
All Time Low 32.06
Ask 40.66
Ask Size 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 38,040
Average Daily Volume3 Month 35,540
Average Volume 35,540
Average Volume10Days 38,040
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 40.55
Bid Size 2
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 40.65
Day Low 40.61
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.5124741
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 40.27236
Fifty Day Average Change 0.33763885
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.008383885
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.578621
Fifty Two Week High 40.76
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.14999771
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0036800224
Fifty Two Week Low 36.19
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.420002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.12213325
Fifty Two Week Range 36.19 - 40.76
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,733,927,400,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family AllianceBernstein
Fund Inception Date 1,733,702,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Ipo Expected Date 2,024-12-10
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, substantially all of its assets in a combination of exchange-traded options contracts on an underlying ETF. The underlying ETF (initially expected to be the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust) is an ETF that seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500 Index. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name AB Moderate Buffer ETF
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1892248228
Nav Price 40.7122
Net Assets 439,908,960.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.69
Open 40.65
Previous Close 40.725
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.114998
Regular Market Change Percent -0.282377
Regular Market Day High 40.65
Regular Market Day Low 40.61
Regular Market Day Range 40.61 - 40.65
Regular Market Open 40.65
Regular Market Previous Close 40.725
Regular Market Price 40.61
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 8,765
Short Name AB Moderate Buffer ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFM
Total Assets 439,908,960
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.850048
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 5.90732
Trailing Three Month Returns 5.90732
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 39.225204
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.3847961
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.035303734
Type Disp ETF
Volume 8,765
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 3.59697