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FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Mode (BUFS)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
24.10 USD +0.15 (0.647%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 3:39 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:21 p.m. EDT

Neutral accumulation; high yield trap risk with no payout history.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.010653
AutoARIMA0.010660
MSTL0.010866
AutoTheta0.011641

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 20.71
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.830
Excess Kurtosis -0.44
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 18.79

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 24.158
All Time Low 18.595
Ask 36.55
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 27,700
Average Daily Volume3 Month 42,043
Average Volume 42,043
Average Volume10Days 27,700
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 22.8
Bid Size 1,000
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 24.1577
Day Low 24.0802
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.2828672
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 23.35562
Fifty Day Average Change 0.7492809
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0320814
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 24.252583
Fifty Two Week High 24.158
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.053100586
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0021980538
Fifty Two Week Low 19.27
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.8349
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.25090295
Fifty Two Week Range 19.27 - 24.158
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 CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1875108028
Nav Price 24.13
Net Assets 132,463,192.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.01
Open 24.0881
Previous Close 23.95
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.1549
Regular Market Change Percent 0.646762
Regular Market Day High 24.1577
Regular Market Day Low 24.0802
Regular Market Day Range 24.0802 - 24.1577
Regular Market Open 24.0881
Regular Market Previous Close 23.95
Regular Market Price 24.1049
Regular Market Time 1,776,454,750
Regular Market Volume 15,265
Short Name FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Mode
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFS
Total Assets 132,463,192
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 18.789864
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 0.91984
Trailing Three Month Returns 0.91984
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 22.629015
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.4758854
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06522093
Type Disp ETF
Volume 15,265
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 0.91984