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FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF (BUFQ)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
38.91 USD -0.34 (-0.866%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

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

The security is a specialized buffer ETF tracking the Nasdaq, offering no dividend income and no traditional equity growth profile suitable for long-term compounding. While the price history shows a strong cumulative gain of over 60% over the last three years with consistent annual appreciation, the lack of dividends and the specific nature of the instrument mean it serves purely as a speculative vehicle for short-term beta exposure rather than a core holding. Recent price action remains flat within a tight range, showing no immediate momentum catalyst to push it toward a bullish entry, leaving it effectively neutral for both short-term trading and long-term accumulation.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.005835
AutoETS0.007112
AutoARIMA0.007398
MSTL0.011373

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 65%
H-stat 0.80
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.437
Excess Kurtosis -0.76
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 32.18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 41.15
All Time Low 19.387
Ask 39.18
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 149,120
Average Daily Volume3 Month 165,575
Average Volume 165,575
Average Volume10Days 149,120
Beta3 Year 0.61
Bid 38.83
Bid Size 300
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 39.93
Day Low 38.6598
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.2091234
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 38.8955
Fifty Day Average Change 0.014499664
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.00037278514
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 16.587757
Fifty Two Week High 41.15
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.2400017
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.054435033
Fifty Two Week Low 33.267
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.6430016
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.16962762
Fifty Two Week Range 33.267 - 41.15
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 PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1780826630
Nav Price 39.2
Net Assets 1,508,715,140.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.0
Open 39.93
Previous Close 39.25
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.34
Regular Market Change Percent -0.866242
Regular Market Day High 39.93
Regular Market Day Low 38.6598
Regular Market Day Range 38.6598 - 39.93
Regular Market Open 39.93
Regular Market Previous Close 39.25
Regular Market Price 38.91
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 94,643
Short Name FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFQ
Three Year Average Return 0.1536028
Total Assets 1,508,715,136
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 32.18034
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 11.44561
Trailing Three Month Returns 11.44561
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 36.50961
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.4003906
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06574682
Type Disp ETF
Volume 94,643
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 9.57833