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FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF (BUFQ)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
37.63 USD +0.21 (0.561%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 37.63 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:40 a.m. EDT

Neutral momentum and zero dividend yield make this a speculative low-volatility play rather than a core holding; statistically insignificant directional edge and absent income stream.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.020037
AutoETS0.028259
AutoARIMA0.028315
MSTL0.028820

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 48%
H-stat 3.82
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.163
Excess Kurtosis 1.32
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 32.45

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 37.66
All Time Low 19.387
Ask 39.99
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 203,430
Average Daily Volume3 Month 195,612
Average Volume 195,612
Average Volume10Days 203,430
Beta3 Year 0.56
Bid 35.12
Bid Size 200
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 37.6597
Day Low 37.485
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.1595556
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 35.86554
Fifty Day Average Change 1.7644615
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.04919657
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 33.250713
Fifty Two Week High 37.66
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.02999878
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.00079656875
Fifty Two Week Low 28.05
Fifty Two Week Low Change 9.580002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.34153306
Fifty Two Week Range 28.05 - 37.66
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,655,386,200,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,655,251,200
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 large-cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of four FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100® Buffer ETFs. The Underlying ETFs invest substantially all of their assets in FLEX Options on QQQ. FLEX Options are customizable exchange-traded option contracts guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1780826630
Nav Price 37.59
Net Assets 1,211,188,610.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.0
Open 37.65
Post Market Change -0.020000458
Post Market Change Percent -0.053122062
Post Market Price 37.63
Post Market Time 1,776,456,269
Previous Close 37.42
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.210003
Regular Market Change Percent 0.561205
Regular Market Day High 37.6597
Regular Market Day Low 37.485
Regular Market Day Range 37.485 - 37.6597
Regular Market Open 37.65
Regular Market Previous Close 37.42
Regular Market Price 37.63
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 131,036
Short Name FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFQ
Three Year Average Return 0.1786734
Total Assets 1,211,188,608
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 32.45209
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -1.67551
Trailing Three Month Returns -1.67551
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 35.122307
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.5076942
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.07139891
Type Disp ETF
Volume 131,036
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return -1.67551