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FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Mode (BUFS)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
25.00 USD -0.06 (-0.239%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 25.00 +0.02 (0.084%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 2:59 a.m. EDT

The security exhibits flat momentum with no clear directional edge. Price action over the last two weeks shows tight consolidation between $24.91 and $25.09, hovering just above the 50-day moving average but failing to generate significant volume relative to the 31,890 daily average. While the 1-year price trajectory is positive (+4.65%), this represents a modest gain rather than a dominant trend, and the lack of recent news headlines suggests a lack of catalysts to drive further appreciation. Without a specific investment thesis or active trading volume, the asset offers no compelling case for immediate entry or exit.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.019751
MSTL0.022275
AutoARIMA0.024133
AutoETS0.024454
MSTL_760.028571

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 58%
H-stat 13.28
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.107
Excess Kurtosis -1.33
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 18.51

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 25.61
All Time Low 18.595
Ask 24.99
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 34,280
Average Daily Volume3 Month 32,855
Average Volume 32,855
Average Volume10Days 34,280
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 400
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 25.08
Day Low 24.94
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.3507715
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 24.63002
Fifty Day Average Change 0.36997986
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0150215
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 17.04811
Fifty Two Week High 25.61
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.6100006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.023818845
Fifty Two Week Low 20.88
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.120001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.19731806
Fifty Two Week Range 20.88 - 25.61
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,717,075,800,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,716,940,800
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 small cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of four FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETFs (the "Underlying ETFs"). The fund is non-diversified.
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1875108028
Nav Price 25.06
Net Assets 169,220,928.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.01
Open 25.08
Post Market Change 0.020999908
Post Market Change Percent 0.08407025
Post Market Price 25.0
Post Market Time 1,783,973,044
Previous Close 25.06
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0599995
Regular Market Change Percent -0.239423
Regular Market Day High 25.08
Regular Market Day Low 24.94
Regular Market Day Range 24.94 - 25.08
Regular Market Open 25.08
Regular Market Previous Close 25.06
Regular Market Price 25.0
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,792
Regular Market Volume 71,464
Short Name FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Mode
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFS
Total Assets 169,220,928
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 18.50794
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 8.81076
Trailing Three Month Returns 8.81076
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 23.44432
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.5556793
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06635634
Type Disp ETF
Volume 71,464
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 9.81165